Post football Kemp launched his own podcast and beer company, which has seen him described as "one of the most influential, Rugby League online content creators.

In round 2 of the 2009 season, Kemp kicked the match winning conversion from the sideline to defeat the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles with 28 seconds left.

However, for much of the season Kemp could not break into the first grade side, instead he was assigned to Otahuhu and played for the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup.

Near the end of the season he asked for a release so he could return to Queensland to rebuild his National Rugby League career.

On 16 September 2009, Kemp announced that he re-signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2010 NRL season, after being granted an early release from the final year of his contract with the Warriors.

He played for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the 2011 Queensland Cup, before joining the Australian Rugby Union in April 2011.

Kemp launched 'The Locker Room' podcast on 9 June 2015 with popular rugby league star Beau Ryan.