As Keith approaches his 500th 1st grade competitive fixture

I thought I'd mark his 300th Appearance for Leeds with a breakdown for the club:

Played 299+1, Won 209, Drawn 6, Lost 85, Tries 151+1 Penalty try, Points 608

By Competition:

SL Reg Rds: Pl 244 + 1, Tries 134, Points 536

SL Play Offs: Pl 19 + 0, Tries 6, Points 24

Challenge Cup: Pl 33 + 0, Tries 11, Points 44

World Club Challenge: Pl 3 + 0, Tries 1, Points 4


Season by season - Appearances (Tries):

1999 - 3 (0)
2000 - 35 (17)
2001 - 28 (16)
2002 - 32 + 1 (24)
2003 - 32 (12)
2004 - 30 (13)
2005 - 29 (25)
2006 - 33 (16)
2007 - 30 (7)
2008 - 34 (15)
2009 - 13 (7)

By opposition: PLayed, (Won, Drawn, Lost) - =blueTries

Bradford - 37, (17, 1, 19) - =blue14
St Helens - 37, (16, 0, 21) - =blue14
Wigan - 30, (14, 3, 13) - =blue13
Hull - 27, (19, 1, 7) - =blue19
London/Quins - 27, (23, 0, 4) - =blue17
Wakefield - 23, (20, 0, 3) - =blue16
Warrington- 22, (16, 1, 5) - =blue14+1 Penalty Try
Castleford - 21, (16, 0, 5) - =blue12
Huddersfield - 18, (17, 0, 1) - =blue3
Salford - 15, (14, 0, 1) - =blue6
Les Catalans - 8, (7, 0, 1) - =blue4
Widnes - 7+1, (5, 0, 3) - =blue3
Halifax- 7, (6, 0, 1) - =blue8
Hull KR - 6, (6, 0, 0) - =blue3
Celtic - 2, (2, 0, 0) - =blue1
Leigh - 2, (2, 0, 0) - =blue2
Canterbury - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Dewsbury - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Featherstone - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Manly - 1, (0, 0, 1) - =blue1
Melbourne - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Rochdale - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
SM Pia - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Swinton- 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue1
Toulouse - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0
Whitehaven - 1, (1, 0, 0) - =blue0

Cherish the big fella while you can.

A sensational player who you all know that I'm very fond of.

I’m at a Job Centre course thing next week so hopefully I can print this off and have it framed to go with the rest of my framed Keith Senior stuff -

Nahhh I aint going on another New Deal course you lot take the pis[is[/i

Those try per opposition stats really show how he gets up for the big games. One of my favourite Leeds players although I was a critic around 2003 - 2005. Maybe the southstand, or easier to conduct in the North could do a card holding tribute for him in the same vein Liverpool did for Hyypia and United did tonight for Sir Matt Busby?

100% Leeds Legend. Hasn't had a bad year since 99 IMO.

That statue of Keith in the background is a little unkind isn't it ?

I'd assumed it was a miniture of the Keiron "The King" Cunningham statue?

That was the surprise when compiling the stats but I guess it is against his hometown team.

His first game was a shocker.

Thanks again TVOC for the stats, all go to show the big fellow's durability, which is going to be hard to match whoever eventually replaces him.
I well remember those first three games when he could barely hold the ball & we wondered what we'd paid all that money for.
However, all the following seasons showed the wisdom of that bit of business, just imagine if he'd gone to Wigan or Saints instead!!
It doesn't bear thinking about.
Let's appreciate him for what he's done for the side over the last 10 years.

Did he not play in the loss to HKR a couple of years ago?

10th March 2007 ..... Hull KR 22 Leeds 20

Leeds:
Brent Webb
Lee Smith, Clinton Toopi, Ashley Gibson, Scott Donald
Danny McGuire, Rob Burrow
Ryan Bailey, Matt Diskin, Jamie Peacock
Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Gareth Ellis, Kevin Sinfield
Subs
Jordan Tansey, Ali Lauitiiti, Jamie Thackray, Kylie Leuluai

I remember it well mate. Unfortunately. My dad held it against him for about 5 seasons.

Look at his win/loss record against Super League's 'Big 2'.



It's a shame about his record in grand finals against us, otherwise I'd be able to laugh at him out loud.

What... 2 behing the Bulls and 5 behind you? not that bad to say as a team we didnt really do anything for the first 8 years of SL is it?

Also it looks like he doesnt like playing Hudds

I don't think its bad at all tbh considering that from 99-04 we were not a patch on you and bradford

5 seasons ?

Yea. Still drags it up now if Keith has a bad game. It's a strange obsession.

When Keith does retire I'm sure your Dad will be different about him. Even though I'm not a Rhinos fan I can see he's been a great servant to the game and when he does retire it'll be a shame. I still remember when he chinned BJ Mather in a cup QF in 1998 and he didn't get sent off for it ( grrrr ).

Does he know keith was playing out of position??


I remember reminding a few tools who were slagging him off at the time that he was a left centre not a right winger!!

Ah, the infamous punch on Mather. To hear some Cas fans speak now you'd think he took a machete onto the pitch and whacked him with it from behind. Still one of the most perfect punches I've seen

IIRC, Cas were all over Sheffield up to that point, with Mather having scored two tries too.

Highlights how good a player he his and how big a factor having such a dangerous strike centre has been for leeds.

Keith will be a leeds legend for many years

He seems to be an easy scapegoat at times, and a lot of non-Leeds fans have this idea that he is a greedy centre. I'd ask Ryan Hall, Scott Donald and Marcus Bai for confirmation on that last point.

He'd be the first name on the sheet for an all-Leeds side in the Super League era, maybe even for all clubs. Only Brad Godden gets within touching distance of him.

Is it on Youtube?