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2017 Lions Player Retrospective: Jared Payne

2017 Lions Player Retrospective: Jared Payne

Jared Payne may have been ruled out of the final games of his first British & Irish Lions Tour with migraines, but the versatile Irishman had already made quite an impact.

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Payne was born in Tauranga on October 13 1985 and after being educated at Nelson College, played Super Rugby for the Chiefs, the Crusaders and the Blues. But those teams became the opposition this summer, and the 31-year-old played 185 minutes on Tour, with starts coming against the Blues, Highlanders and Chiefs. Payne certainly made his mark early against the Highlanders, producing an incredible try-saving tackle in the corner with less than three minutes on the clock. He would go on to demonstrate his rock-solid defence time and again as he racked up 20 tackles, while missing just one, throughout the Tour. But the Irishman is also a weapon in attack – making 76 metres on 21 carries across his three matches – and had a big hand in two of the scores featured in our Ten of the Best: Tour Tries piece.

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