Cory Steven Jane (born 8 February 1983) is a former New Zealand international rugby union player and current assistant coach. He was a part of the World Cup winning squad in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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, New Zealand, Jane played for Wellington in the Mitre 10 Cup and for the Wellington Hurricanes in Super Rugby. He has previously played for Hawke's Bay and was in the New Zealand 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.
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, Jane and fellow All Black Israel Dagg were found "acting curiously" at a Takapuna 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 France.
Jane narrowly missed out on being picked for New Zealand's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad.
Since retiring in 2017, Jane has taken up a position as the assistant coach for the Hurricanes.
Career statistics Club summary Club Season Competition Apps Try Con Pen Points Wellington 2003 National Provincial Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2005National Provincial Championship 1 0 0 0 0 2006 Air New Zealand Cup 11 6 0 0 30 2007 Air New Zealand Cup 13 5 0 0 25 2008 Air New Zealand Cup 12 6 0 0 30 2009 Air New Zealand Cup 6 2 0 0 10 2011 ITM Cup 2 0 0 0 0 2013 ITM Cup 2 0 0 0 0 2015 ITM Cup 11 4 0 0 20 Total 65 25 0 0 125 Hawke's Bay 2004 National Provincial Championship 9 8 3 1 49 Total 9 8 3 1 49 Hurricanes 2007 Super 14 13 3 0 0 15 2008 Super 14 12 2 0 0 10 2009 Super 14 10 3 0 0 15 2010 Super 14 12 4 0 0 20 2011 Super Rugby 10 2 0 0 10 2012 Super Rugby 12 3 0 0 15 2014 Super Rugby 13 4 0 0 20 2015 Super Rugby 12 3 0 0 15 2016 Super Rugby 17 6 0 0 30 2017 Super Rugby 9 2 0 0 10 Total 121 32 0 0 160 Career total 195 65 3 1 334
List of international tries Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result 1 Wellington, New Zealand Westpac Stadium 2009 Tri Nations Series won 2 Marseille, France Stade Velodrome 2009 Mid-year series won 3 Dunedin, New Zealand Carisbrook 2010 Mid-year series won 4 Waikato, New Zealand Waikato Stadium 2010 Mid-year series won 5 Melbourne, Australia Etihad Stadium 2010 Tri Nations Series won 6 So Kon Po, Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium 2010 Bledisloe Cup lost 7 Wellington, New Zealand Westpac Stadium 2011 Tri Nations Series won 8 Wellington, New Zealand Westpac Stadium 2011 Tri Nations Series won 9 Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2011 Rugby World Cup won 10 Sydney, Australia ANZ Stadium 2012 Rugby Championship won 11 Wellington, New Zealand Westpac Stadium 2012 Rugby Championship won 12 La Plata, Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 2012 Rugby Championship won 13 La Plata, Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 2012 Rugby Championship won 14 La Plata, Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 2012 Rugby Championship won 15 Edinburgh, Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 2012 End-of-year series won 16 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico 2012 End-of-year series won 17 Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium 2014 Bledisloe Cup won 18 Chicago, United States Of America Soldier Field 2014 End-of-year series won
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