Tom Payne (rugby league)
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| Full name | Lawrence Roy Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lawrence Roy Payne (1934 – 2023) was an Australian rugby league player.
A Toowoomba centre, Payne was a Queensland representative player in 1956 and 1957. He also gained representative honours on the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, debuting in the match against a combined Hull F.C. / Hull Kingston Rovers XIII. His sole international appearance came in the final international fixture against France in Lyon, when he scored a try while deputising for Alex Watson in a 25–21 Kangaroos win.[1][2]
Payne was an elder brother of Queensland second–rower Jim Payne.[3]
References
- ^ "T. Payne in Third League Test". The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. 14 January 1957. p. 3.
- ^ "France vs Australia 1956 Series". Rugby League Project.
- ^ The Rugby League news., Who's Who For Queensland This Year, N.S.W. Rugby Football League, p. 7 – via Trove
External links
- Tom Payne at Rugby League Project