Corey Payne

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Corey Payne
Corey Payne (26 April 2009).jpg
Personal information
Born (1984-05-07) 7 May 1984 (age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Position Second-row, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2005–07 St. George Illawarra 4780032
2008–09 Wests Tigers 412008
2010–12 Canterbury Bulldogs 430000
Total131100040
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2012 NSW City 10000
Source: [1] [2]

Corey Payne (born 7 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Payne played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers. [3] He also represented NSW City. Payne primarily played at lock.

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Playing career

He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets. [4]

Payne made his NRL debut in round 1 of the 2005 NRL season, scoring a try against Canterbury-Bankstown. He played in the club's preliminary final defeat against the Wests Tigers during the same season. [5]

Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 NRL season with Canterbury, where he had played in lower grades. [6]

However, an injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year. [7] He made his debut for Canterbury-Bankstown in the last round of the 2010 NRL season.

Payne was 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. [8]

In the 2012 NRL season, Payne made 27 appearances for Canterbury as the club won the Minor Premiership and reached the 2012 NRL Grand Final. Payne played from the bench as Canterbury lost the decider 14–4 at ANZ Stadium. Payne retired from rugby league at the age of 28. [9]

Post playing

On 14 April 2016 Payne was announced as the new Penrith Panthers CEO. [10] He resigned from the position on 16 August 2016. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/player?playerid=108389&teamid=3473 [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Corey Payne – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Payne signs 2 year deal". Fox Sports News (Australia). 8 November 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "League Central". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "World of Rugby League". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Injury bites Dene Halatau, Corey Payne". Herald Sun. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Corey Payne named in academic team of the year". University of Sydney . 29 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Melbourne Storm beat Canterbury Bulldogs in 2012 NRL grand final". News.com.au.
  10. ↑ NRL 2016: Former Bulldog Corey Payne to be named new Penrith Panthers CEO, Fox Sports, 14 April 2016
  11. ↑ Nicolussi, Christian (16 August 2016). "Corey Payne has resigned as the CEO of the Penrith Panthers". The Daily Telegraph.
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