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| Born | 7 June 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Cardiff & Met | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Wales | 4 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rhys Payne (born 7 June 2001) is a Welsh field hockey player who has represented Wales. [1] In 2025, he won a gold medal at the European Championship II.
Payne was educated at Cardiff and Vale College where he was part of the Welsh U19s. [2] He then studied Sports Coaching at Cardiff Metropolitan University from 2019 to 2023. While at university he played club hockey for Cardiff & Met Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.
He made his Welsh debut against Malaysia on 12 October 2021 [3] and was part of the Welsh team at the 2023 World Cup, which was the first time in their history that Wales had appeared in the world Cup. [4] He sustained a knee injury during the World Cup which left him out of Welsh international hockey for two years. [5]
During his injury recovery he helped coach the Cardiff & met team. On his return in 2025, he helped Wales win the gold medal at the European Championship II, defeating Ireland in the final. [6] [7]
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