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Cory Jane Full name Cory Steven Jane Date of birth 8 February 1983 Place of birth Lower Hutt, New Zealand Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 88 kg (190 lb) School Heretaunga College Rugby union career Playing career Position Fullback/wing New Zealand No. 1080 Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Caps (points) 2003–2004
2005–Hawke's Bay
Wellington
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(81)Super Rugby Years Club / team Caps (points) 2007– Hurricanes 57 (70) correct as of 3 October 2011. National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2008– New Zealand 29 (45) Sevens national teams Years Club / team Comps NZ Maori Medal record Competitor for New Zealand
Men's Rugby Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Rugby 7's Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a New Zealand international rugby union player.
He first played for the All Blacks in 2008 and plays as a winger. In 2011 Jane was selected into the Tri Nations team as injury cover. A few weeks later he made the Rugby World cup squad of 30 after tight competition in the back 3.[1]
Career
Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Jane plays for Wellington in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Wellington Hurricanes in the Super Rugby (formerly Super 12/14) competition. He has previously played for Hawke's Bay and was in the New Zealand team that won the Rugby Sevens gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He represented the New Zealand Maori rugby union team in 2006.[1]
Jane was 3rd-equal on the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup leading try scorer list with 6 tries, behind Richard Kahui (8 tries) and Sitiveni Sivivatu (7 tries), both from Waikato.
Winner of the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup with the All Blacks! Jane scored his only try of the tournament in the pool match against France and was named man of the match in the semi-final against Australia.
References
External links
New Zealand squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup Winners (2nd Title) Forwards Backs Coach Hurricanes squad Forwards Backs Coach Categories:- Living people
- 1983 births
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- People from Lower Hutt
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union wings
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