# Kieran Rush

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Jamaica international rugby league footballer

Kieran Rush Personal information Full name Kieran James Rush Born (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 23) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) Weight 13 st 8 lb (86 kg) Playing information Position Scrum-half, Hooker Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2022– Huddersfield Giants 25 1 3 0 6 2022(loan) → Swinton Lions 1 0 0 0 0 2022(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 11 0 13 0 26 2023(loan) → Keighley Cougars 6 1 3 0 10 2024(loan) → Dewsbury Rams 4 0 0 0 0 Total 47 2 19 0 42 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2022– Jamaica 5 0 4 0 6 Source: [1] As of 27 October 2025

**Kieran Rush** (born 3 September 2002) is a [Jamaica international](/source/Jamaica_national_rugby_league_team) [rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) footballer who plays as a [scrum-half](/source/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half) or [hooker](/source/Hooker_(rugby_league)) for the [Huddersfield Giants](/source/Huddersfield_Giants) in the [Super League](/source/Super_League).

He has spent time on loan from [Huddersfield](/source/Huddersfield_Giants) at [Swinton Lions](/source/Swinton_Lions), [Rochdale Hornets](/source/Rochdale_Hornets) and [Keighley Cougars](/source/Keighley_Cougars) in [League One](/source/RFL_League_One) and at [Dewsbury Rams](/source/Dewsbury_Rams) in the [Championship](/source/RFL_Championship).

He is a product of the Giants Academy system.

## Background

Rush was born in [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury), [West Yorkshire, England](/source/West_Yorkshire%2C_England). He is of [Jamaican](/source/Jamaica) descent.[2]

## Playing career

### Club career

Rush is contracted to the [Huddersfield Giants](/source/Huddersfield_Giants) in the [Super League](/source/Super_League) after progressing through the clubs' Academy systems. He made his Super League Debut for the Giants in round 12 of Super League 2023 against the Leigh Leopards.

### International career

In 2022 Rush was named in the [Jamaica squad](/source/2021_Men's_Rugby_League_World_Cup_squads#Jamaica) for the [2021 Rugby League World Cup](/source/2021_Men's_Rugby_League_World_Cup).[3] He made his debut in the halves in the [Group C match](/source/2021_Rugby_League_World_Cup_Group_C) against [Ireland](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_league_team) at [Headingley Rugby Stadium](/source/Headingley_Rugby_Stadium) in [Leeds, West Yorkshire](/source/Leeds%2C_West_Yorkshire).[4] Rush made history when he kicked a penalty goal to register Jamaica's first ever points in a Rugby League world cup.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Player Summary: Kieran Rush"](https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.online/playersummary.php?tselect=10957). *Rugby League Records*. Rugby League Record Keepers' Club. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kieran Rush"](https://www.zerotackle.com/players/kieran-rush/). *Zero Tackle*. Retrieved 12 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021"](https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rugby-league-world-cup-2021-squad-lists/). *Love Rugby League*. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jamaica 2-48 Ireland"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/match/EVP3376399). *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 12 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Rugby League World Cup: Ireland 48-2 Jamaica - Wolfhounds score 10 tries in emphatic win"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63277983). *BBC Sport*. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2026.

## External links

- [Huddersfield Giants profile](https://www.giantsrl.com/locker-room/profile/903/kieran-rush)

- [Jamaica profile](https://www.nrl.com/players/rugby-league-world-cup/jamaica/kieran-rush/)

v t e Huddersfield Giants – 2026 current squad 1 Evalds 2 Swift 3 Gagai 4 Milne 5 Halsall 6 Lolohea 7 Clune 8 Powell 9 Woolford 10 Burgess 11 O'Donnell 12 Hewitt 13 Rushton 14 Rogers 15 English 16 King 17 Greenwood 18 Rush 19 Sutcliffe 20 Cozza 21 Flanagan 22 Billington 23 Patalo 24 Carr 25 Algar 26 Sykes 27 Land 28 Blacker 29 Zenon 30 M. Lumb 31 Chippendale 32 Russell 33 Sharma 39 Douglas -- Wrench -- Cassell -- R. Lumb -- McCormack Coach: Lenihan

v t e Jamaica squad – 2021 Rugby League World Cup 1 B. Jones-Bishop 2 Agoro 3 Brown 4 Ogden 5 Young 6 Woodburn-Hall 7 Rush 8 McKain 9 Coleman 10 Lawrence 11 Wallace 12 Golding 15 Anrade 16 Tomlinson 17 A. Jones-Bishop 18 McDonald 19 Ho 20 Johnson 21 Peltier 22 Bailey 23 Wade 24 Simpson -- Farrell -- Thompson Coach: Monteith

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