Corey Payne

Corey Payne
Personal information
Born (1984-05-07) 7 May 1984
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–07 St. George Illawarra 47 8 0 0 32
2008–09 Wests Tigers 41 2 0 0 8
2010–12 Canterbury Bulldogs 43 0 0 0 0
Total 131 10 0 0 40
As of 7 December 2011
Source: [1][2]

Corey Payne (born 7 May 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Payne played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers.[3] He also represented the NSW City side. Payne primarily played at lock.

Playing career

He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets.[4] Payne made his NRL debut in the first game of the 2005 season, scoring a try against the Bulldogs.[5]

Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 season with the Bulldogs, where he had played in lower grades.[6] However, an injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year.[7] He made his debut for the Bulldogs in the last round of the regular season.

Payne was 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] He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor's degree in Commerce.[8]

Payne retired from rugby league at the age of 28.

Later years

On the 14th April 2016 Payne was announced as the new Penrith Panthers CEO.[9] He resigned from the position on 16 August 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/player?playerid=108389&teamid=3473
  2. ↑ "Corey Payne - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Payne signs 2 year deal". Fox Sports News (Australia). 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  4. ↑ "League Central". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  5. ↑ "World of Rugby League". rleague.com. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  6. 1 2 "Hornets Junior Corey Payne Joins Bulldogs". SportingPulse. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Injury bites Dene Halatau, Corey Payne". Herald Sun. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Corey Payne named in academic team of the year". University of Sydney. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  9. ↑ NRL 2016: Former Bulldog Corey Payne to be named new Penrith Panthers CEO, Fox Sports, 14 April 2016
  10. ↑ Nicolussi, Christian (16 August 2016). "Corey Payne has resigned as the CEO of the Penrith Panthers". The Daily Telegraph.

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