Philip Nicholas Kearns AM (born 27 June 1967) is an Australian former rugby union player.
Kearns was born in Sydney Australia and educated at Newington College (1979–84)[2] and the University of New South Wales where he graduated with an Arts degree, majoring in Economics.
During one Bledisloe Cup match he scored a try by barging through Fitzpatrick and then made a two fingered gesture to him, saying something which most TV watchers thought they could lip read.
The catalyst for this incident was from the previous season when Fitzpatrick sledged Kearns without mercy, telling him to "Go home to your Mummy".
[7] Kearns was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2017 for significant service to the community through support for charitable organisations, to business, and to rugby union at the elite level.