Brett Kimmorley’s daughters hit rugby league field as he becomes a ‘dad taxi’

IT’S a special text message Brett Kimmorley’s teenage daughters Mia and Maddi send him every time they come off the playing field.

Brett Kimmorley with daughters Mia and Maddi and Jillaroo Allana Ferguson. Picture: Brett Costello

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IT’S a special text message Brett Kimmorley’s teenage daughters Mia and Maddi send him every time they come off the playing field.

A message telling their dad they are fine after playing a game which made their father a household name.

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Jillaroo and Mia and Maddi’s coach Allana Ferguson makes sure his girls send the message each time they play a game of rugby league without their dad watching.

Brett Kimmorley with daughters Mia and Maddi and Jillaroo Allana Ferguson. Picture: Brett Costello

“They had never played contact before and he was a little worried about them getting hurt at the start and I said they love it, they will be fine,’’ said Ferguson, a schoolteacher who will coach their Woolooware High team in Thursday’s inaugural female State Finals Day at Macquarie University.

“So now they send him a message after every game.’’

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Kimmorley, a single father to Mia, Maddi, Ava and Ivy after the loss of wife Sharnie to brain cancer, says he has become a “dad taxi” as he ferries his daughters to an assortment of sports each week, including touch, Oztag, dance, softball and netball.

“Netball is something the girls did with Sharnie. She coached them over the years and loved it,’’ he said.

Brett Kimmorley will be on the sidelines on Thursday watching his daughters play. Picture: Brett Costello

But recently they added the sport their former Kangaroos halfback father played at the highest level to their busy schedules.

“I put the dad hat on and get a little worried but it’s no different to any other sport,’’ he said.

“I took a modern approach which is I am happy for them to play any sport, as long as they are playing sport.

“We were mucking round the other day and they said ‘hey dad, let’s show you how to tackle’ and I saw they had the right skills, they were being taught the right way.’’

Craig Wing wrestles with Brett Kimmorley during a South Sydney Rabbitohs v Bulldogs game.

Kimmorley will be on the sideline when his girls take the field in Thursday’s schoolgirl rugby league carnival, a 32-team tournament involving 500 students which is a joint initiative of the NSWRL and NRL.

“The inaugural Female State Finals is yet another step in paving the way for girls to play in the state’s elite women’s competition, the Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership,’’ said NSWRL CEO David Trodden.