Jack Payne (rugby union)

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Jack Payne
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Payne playing for Newcastle, 2018.
Birth nameJack Robbie Payne
Date of birth (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight128 kg (20 st 2 lb; 282 lb)
School St. Columban's College [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Newcastle Falcons
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2016
2016
2016–2017
2017–		 Scarlets
Western Sydney Rams
Darlington Mowden Park
Newcastle Falcons 		11
10
35
26		 (0)
(12)
(35)
(25)
Correct as of 02 September 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014 Australia U20 8 (5)
Correct as of 27 January 2016

Jack Payne (born 13 September 1994) is an Australian rugby union player. Now retired, he finished his career playing for Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership Rugby.

Payne previously played for the Scarlets regional team in Wales and is Welsh qualified. [2] He also previously represented the Australia U20s rugby team. He started his career at flaker / second row. and moved to tighthead prop in 2016, where he eventually finished his career.

Payne made his debut for the Scarlets regional team in 2014 having played for Brothers Old Boys and Queensland Reds U20s side. [1]

He joined Darlington Mowden Park in 2016 and caught the eye of Dean Richards. Payne then joined Newcastle Falcons at the beginning of the 2017–18 season.

He retired from professional rugby in 2019 due to head injuries.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jack Payne". Reds Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jack Payne". Scarlets. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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