Born to a well known rugby league family of the Penrith area,[REF] Tim Sheens was educated at St Dominic's College in Penrith but spent his last two years of school at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, where he was the school captain and first-grade rugby league captain in 1968 [REF].
By 1982, Sheens had played a club record 258 games in all grades, but was unable to come to terms with the club for another season [REF].