Corey Payne
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1984 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2005–07 | St. George Illawarra | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 2008–09 | Wests Tigers | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2010–12 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 131 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| As of 7 December 2011 | ||||||
| Source: League Central & Rugby League Project | ||||||
Corey Payne (born 7 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Payne plays for the Bulldogs and previously played for St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers.[1] Payne primarily plays at lock.
Payne made his NRL debut in the first game of the 2005 season, scoring a try against the Bulldogs.[2] He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets.[3]
Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 season with the Bulldogs, where he had played in lower grades.[4] However, an injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year.[5] He made his debut for the Bulldogs in the last round of the regular season.
Payne has previously been nominated for the Ken Stephen Medal for his contributions to rugby league off the field, and is well known for community and charity work.[6] He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor's degree in Commerce.[7]
Retired from Football at the age of 28 to do other things for the community
Footnotes
- ↑ "Payne signs 2 year deal". Fox Sports News (Australia). 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ "World of Rugby League". rleague.com. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ↑ "League Central". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ↑ "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ "Injury bites Dene Halatau, Corey Payne". Herald Sun. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ↑ "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ "Corey Payne named in academic team of the year". University of Sydney. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.