Full name | Jordan Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 25 March 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Sacred Heart College, Auckland [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Payne (born 25 March 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a midfield back for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. [2] [3] and Waikato in the ITM Cup. [4]
Payne started out his career in Auckland playing age-group level rugby for them before heading south to link up with Waikato for the 2014 ITM Cup. [4] He was also named as a member of the Chiefs development squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season. [5] After impressing coaches in the development set-up, he took advantage of a number of injuries to Chiefs back-line players and made his Super Rugby debut on 12 April 2014 in a 22–16 win for his side over the Melbourne Rebels in Hamilton. [6]
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