Corey Payne

Corey Payne

Personal information
Born	7 May 1984 (1984-05-07) (age 27) Sydney, NSW, Australia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005–2007	St. George Illawarra	47	8	0	0	32
2008–2009	Wests Tigers	41	2	0	0	8
2010–	Canterbury Bulldogs	16	0	0	0	0
	Total	104	10	0	0	40
As of 4 November 2010
Source: League Central & Rugby League Project

Corey Payne (born 7 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Payne plays for the Bulldogs and previously played for St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers.^[1] Payne primarily plays at lock.

Payne made his NRL debut in the first game of the 2005 season, scoring a try against the Bulldogs.^[2] He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets.^[3]

Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 season with the Bulldogs, where he had played in lower grades.^[4] However, an in injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year.^[5] He made his debut for the Bulldogs in the last round of the regular season.

Payne has previously been 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]

Footnotes

1. ^ "Payne signs 2 year deal". Fox Sports News (Australia). 2007-11-08. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22724521-23214,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
2. ^ "World of Rugby League". rleague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/player/p/payne_corey/. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
3. ^ "League Central". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20080526225426/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/player/0,26796,108389-101,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
4. ^ "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2149-25849-0-0&sID=28072&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=10655928. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 
5. ^ "Injury bites Dene Halatau, Corey Payne". Herald Sun. 27 February 2010. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/injury-bites-dene-halatau-corey-payne/story-e6frfgbo-1225834920640. Retrieved 27 February 2010. 
6. ^ "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-2149-25849-0-0&sID=28072&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=10655928. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 

External links

• Corey Payne at Wests Tigers
• Corey Payne at NRL.com
• Corey Payne at the Rugby League Project

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Name	Payne, Corey
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Date of birth	7 May 1984
Place of birth	Sydney, NSW
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