Kayne Hammington (born 24 September 1990) is a New Zealand

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player who currently plays as a halfback for in New Zealand's domestic

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and the in the international

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competition.

Early career

Hammington was born in the town of Upper Hutt, which lies to the north-east of

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, New Zealand's capital city. He was educated at

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in his hometown.

Senior career

He started out in provincial rugby with his local side, the Wellington Lions and made 9 appearances across the

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and

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seasons. However, due to strong competition among the Lions halfbacks, he opted to head north for

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and join . The move quickly paid off for both parties as Hammington played the season as the Turbos first choice half-back, featuring in 10 of their games in a season which saw them finish top of the ITM Cup Championship log with 8 wins in 10 games and earn promotion to the Premiership for 2015 with a 32-24 win over in the championship final. Manawatu's stay in the Premiership would only last for 1 year, as a record of 3 wins from 10 games saw them relegated back down to the Championship for 2016. Hammington also found the going tougher in his second year in

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, starting just 3 times and generally playing back up to Jamie Booth throughout the year.

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didn't get much better, with the Turbos, now a championship side once more, finishing in 5th place on the log to miss out on the promotion playoffs altogether while Hammington had to make do with being part of a halfback rotation system along with Booth and the experienced

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, he played 6 times throughout the season, including 3 starts.

Super Rugby

During the

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, Hammington was called into the squad as an injury replacement due to the absence of

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and

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. He appeared on the bench once for the franchise's quarter final match away to the , however he didn't get any game time. It was a case of

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as another halfback injury crisis at the Chiefs saw Hammington once more brought in as injury cover. This time, however, Hammington did manage to get on the field, debuting as a second-half replacement in the 53-10 demolition of the on 25 March and going on to make a total of 5 appearances throughout the year. In October 2016, it was announced that Hammington had earned his first full-time Super Rugby contract with the 2015 champions, the . He would join fellow Manawatu Turbo Aaron Smith and young halfback

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in competition for the number 9 jersey in Tony Brown's side.

International

Hammington was a member of the New Zealand Under-20 side which won the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in

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, playing 5 times.

Career Honours

New Zealand Under-20 *

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- 2010 IRB Junior World Championship North Harbour * ITM Cup Championship -

Super Rugby Statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammington, Kayne 1990 births Living people New Zealand rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Wellington rugby union players Manawatu rugby union players Chiefs (rugby union) players Sportspeople from Upper Hutt People educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream Highlanders (rugby union) players Otago rugby union players Rugby union players from the Wellington Region Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks players