Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a New Zealand international

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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 three.

Career

Born in

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most ...

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, Jane played for

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by m ...

in the

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and for the Wellington Hurricanes in Super Rugby. He has previously played for

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region ...

and was in the

team that won the Rugby Sevens gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Of Ngāti Kahungunu descent, Jane represented New Zealand Māori in 2006.All Blacks Player profile
Jane was third-equal on the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup leading try scorer's list with 6 tries, behind Richard Kahui (8 tries) and Sitiveni Sivivatu (7 tries), both from

Waikato Waikato () is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, t ...

. He was a member of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning All Blacks. A few days before New Zealand's quarter-final game against

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

, Jane and fellow All Black

Israel Dagg Israel Jamahl Akuhata Dagg (born 6 June 1988) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played for the Crusaders in Super Rugby. He has also played for the New Zealand Sevens team, and represents Hawkes Bay in the ITM Cup. Dagg played in ...

were found "acting curiously" at a

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bar after having a competition between themselves to see who could stay awake the longest after taking sleeping pills. In 2012 he played on the wing for the Hurricanes. He was not included in the 2012 All Blacks team for the series against Ireland due to injury, but was selected again for 2012 Rugby Championship and was part of the side that beat Australia in the first two tests of the Bledisloe Cup. Jane also played in the All Blacks for 2012 End-of-Year Tour, in which they beat Scotland, Wales and Italy. Jane suffered a serious leg injury in January 2013, preventing his involvement in Super Rugby and the series against France held in June. In October 2013, he was recalled into the All Blacks team after two games for Wellington in the ITM Cup. He was later named on the right wing in the Final Bledisloe Cup match. but ruled out on the 11th hour due to an injury and subsequently replaced by Charles Piutau. He was added to the All Blacks squad for the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests. He returned to international rugby after being named on the right wing against

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. Jane narrowly missed out on being picked for New Zealand's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.

References

External links

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Hurricanes profile
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Statistics from Fox Sports
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jane, Cory 1983 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand New Zealand international rugby union players New Zealand rugby union players Hurricanes (rugby union) players Wellington rugby union players Sportspeople from Upper Hutt Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games New Zealand male rugby sevens players Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks Ngāti Kahungunu people Māori All Blacks players People educated at Heretaunga College New Zealand international rugby sevens players Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of New Zealand Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens