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Shaun Timmins (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian former professional
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footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A
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and Australian international representative utility, he played his club football in the
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for the
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and the
St George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint- ...
. Timmins was a versatile player, performing at five-eighth, centre, lock, and second-row at representative and club levels.


Playing career

Timmins was born in
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, where he played junior football and made his first appearance as a seventeen-year-old for the Steelers in round 18 of 1994 against the
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. He was later named the Steelers' Rookie of the year. Timmins played 86 games for the
Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On the 13th of December 1980, the ...
and was a foundation player in the joint venture
St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...
in 1999. He played at centre in the
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loss to the
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. Timmins was first selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season
1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations The 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations series was contested by Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand in 1999. It was the first multi-national rugby league tournament to feature the sport's three world powers since the 1989–92 World Cup (the 19 ...
tournament. In the final against
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he played from the interchange bench in the Kangaroos' 22-20 victory. Timmins was selected for the New South Wales team in 2000. He played nine State of Origin games for the New South Wales Blues from 2000 to 2004 and eight Tests for Australia from 1999 to 2004. In 2000, Timmins suffered an injury which revealed a chronic knee condition. His representative ascendancy came to a halt when he was sidelined for 18 months including the whole
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. He returned to the field in 2002 and showed tremendous ability to again represent
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and
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in a Test match against Great Britain. He was named St. George Illawarra's best player in 2002. In 2003 after just one club game in the five eighth role, Timmins was selected for Country and then for NSW at five eighth. A 2003 recurrence (in the other knee) of his condition prevented his national selection for the Kangaroo Tour that year and threatened the end of his career. Following five knee operations in total, Timmins made a remarkable recovery in the 2003–2004 off-season. His return to form led to selection for Australia in the 2004 ANZAC Test against New Zealand. He also played for New South Wales that year and entered
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folklore in Game I of the 2004 series by kicking the winning
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in
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. It was only the second field goal of his career. Following the 2004 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, France and the USA, Timmins announced his retirement from representative football, expressing a focused intention to win a premiership with St. George Illawarra. Timmins's last game with St. George Illawarra was the loss in the 2006
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qualifier against
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. Timmins had played 124 games for St. George Illawarra before retiring from the NRL at the end of 2006. Timmins's contract discussions with the
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for the 2007 season in the UK ended following that club's relegation to second division and after speculative talks with the Gold Coast Titans he was forced into retirement due to the condition of his knees. In March, 2007, Timmins once again felt he was ready to compete in the NRL and offered his services to the Dragons following a pectoral muscle injury to
Mark Gasnier Mark Gasnier (born 19 July 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A rugby league New South Wales State of Origin and international representative , he played eleven seasons in the N ...
. The offer was not accepted. Timmins had played a total of 210 first grade games, scoring 55 tries, kicking 11 goals and 1 field goal for a total of 243 points.


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External links


Shaun Timmins at ''NRL Stats''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Timmins, Shaun 1976 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australia national rugby league team players St. George Illawarra Dragons players Illawarra Steelers players Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players Rugby league centres Rugby league locks Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league second-rows People from the Illawarra Rugby league players from New South Wales