Kane Evans

Kane Evans

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2014–	Sydney Roosters	17	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013–14	Fiji	6	0	0	0	0
2015	City Origin	0	0	0	0	0
Source: [1]

Kane Evans (born 9 January 1992) is a Fijian Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. Evans primarily plays prop and is a Fiji national representative.

Early years

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Evans played his junior football for the Leichhardt Wanderers, Balmain Police Boys and Leichhardt Juniors before being signed by the Sydney Roosters. In 2011 and 2012, Evans played for the Roosters' NYC team.^[2] At the end of 2011, Evans was named at prop in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year. In 2012, Evans played for the New South Wales Under 20s team^[3] and Junior Kangaroos.^[4] In 2013, Evans moved on to the Roosters' New South Wales Cup team, Newtown Jets. At the end of 2013, Evans was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year and played for Fiji at the World Cup.^[5] Evans played 5 matches.

Playing career

2014

In Round 2 of the 2014 NRL season, Evans made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters off the interchange bench against the Parramatta Eels in the Roosters 56-4 thrashing win at SFS.^[6] On 9 April 2014, Evans extended his contract for a further 3 years, keeping him at the Roosters till the end of the 2017 season.^[7] In May 2014 Evans was selected to play for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Samoa. Evans played at prop in Fiji’s 32-16 loss at Penrith Stadium.^[8] Evans finished the 2014 NRL season having played in 9 matches for the Roosters.

2015

On 24 January 2015, Evans was named in the Roosters 2015 Auckland Nines squad.^[9]

References

External links

• 2014 Sydney Roosters profile
• NRL.com profile