Tom Payne (rugby league)
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FullnameLawrence Roy Payne
Born1934
Died30 September 2023
PositionCentre
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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]