Playing Style
He was a prodigiously skilled five-eighth with tremendous footwork and anticipation. Parramatta didn't suffer from Kenny's lack of kicking prowess since Sterling, Mick Cronin, Steve Ella and John Muggleton were able to do this, enabling Kenny to focus on his kick-chase which accounted for many of his 110 first grade tries for Parramatta. Kenny was also a brilliant tackler, consistently able to bring down much bigger players like Wally Lewis, Mal Meninga and Gene Miles in State of Origin games during the 1980s. Kenny was in his early days capable of great acceleration, often aided by feigning to deceive a would-be tackler or a quite simple dummy. When Wally Lewis was at the height of his Origin dominance Kenny was one of the few NSW players with an ability to match and possibly contain him.
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