Corey Payne
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Corey Payne is an Australia
n 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
. Payne primarily plays at lock.
Payne made his NRL
debut in the first game of the 2005 season, scoring a try against the Bulldogs. He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets.
Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 season with the Bulldogs, where he had played in lower grades. However, an in injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year. 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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
(NRL) competition. Payne plays for the Bulldogs and previously played for St George Illawarra Dragons
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the...
and Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...
. Payne primarily plays at lock.
Payne made his NRL
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
debut in the first game of the 2005 season, scoring a try against the Bulldogs. He played his junior football with the Chester Hill Hornets.
Late in 2009, it was announced that Payne had signed for the 2010 season with the Bulldogs, where he had played in lower grades. However, an in injury to his shoulder in the pre-season threatened to sideline him for the rest of the year. 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.