Kemp joined Leeds in 1995, appearing 47 times in four seasons at the club. Kemp was selected to play for New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He retired having played twenty-five games for New Zealand. While at Leeds in 1998 he coached the Alliance team to a championship win. In 2000 Kemp, along with all of the other players aged over 24, had his contract with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats terminated due to the club's financial crisis. Coaching career After two years of playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Kemp retired to take over from Andy Kelly as head coach. He helped save the club from relegation before leaving to return home to New Zealand. In 2001 Kemp became the assistant coach behind Daniel Anderson at the New Zealand Warriors. He openly said that he wanted to be the next head coach after Anderson. Kemp got his wish, taking over from Anderson when he was sacked halfway through the 2004 NRL season. Kemp was in charge for a season and a half before being sacked himself. In 2008 he was named in the Taranaki Rugby League Team of the Century. In 2010 Kemp was appointed team manager of the New Zealand national rugby league team. In 2012 he was named in the Wellington Rugby League's Team of the Century. References External links Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (archived by web.archive.org) Kiwis too strong for Kumuls (archived by web.archive.org) Tony Kemp profile Leeds Rugby 1999 RUGBY LEAGUE: TEAM-BY-TEAM GUIDE TO SUPER LEAGUE (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk 1968 births Living people Castleford Tigers players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players Junior Kiwis players Leeds Rhinos players New Zealand national rugby league team players New Zealand rugby league administrators New Zealand rugby league coaches New Zealand rugby league commentators New Zealand rugby league players Expatriate sportspeople in Australia New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England New Zealand Warriors coaches Newcastle Knights players People educated at Waitara High School Randwick Kingfishers players Rugby league centres South Queensland Crushers players Taranaki rugby league team players Waitara Bears players Wakefield Trinity captains Wakefield Trinity coaches Wakefield Trinity players Wellington rugby league team players