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Kane Russell

Kane Russell

New Zealand field hockey player

Kane Elliot Mark Russell (born 22 April 1992) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.[3]

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Russell represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the men's team came seventh.[4][5]

Club career

Russell plays as a defender for the Southern region in the New Zealand Hockey League.[6] In 2016 he joined Royal Antwerp in Belgium.[7] After one season with Antwerp he left them for Léopold.[8] In the 2018–19 season he won the Belgian national title with Léopold.[9] After he won the national title, he left Léopold and joined Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[10] In April 2020, it was announced he left Rotterdam together with Blair Tarrant for Hamburger Polo Club in Germany for the 2020–21 season.[11]

Personal life

Russell was born in Dunedin in 1992.[2] Of Māori descent, Russell affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi.[12]

References

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    "Kane Russell". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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    "Kane Russell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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    "Vantage Black Sticks Men". blacksticksnz.co.nz. Black Sticks New Zealand Hockey. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    "Men's Hockey Team confirmed for Rio". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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    Leggat, David (15 August 2016). "NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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    "Hockey: Three from Southern in Rio team". Otago Daily Times. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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    Toussaint, Laurent (22 May 2016). "L'Antwerp recrute également deux Kiwis". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    Toussaint, Laurent (28 April 2017). "Trois transferts et un nouveau coach pour le Léopold". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    Toussaint, Laurent (12 May 2019). "Le Léopold n'a pas craqué". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    Demaret, Philippe (13 May 2019). "Transferts : Inglis et Russell à Rotterdam". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey.be. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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    "Hamburger Polo Club holt neuseeländische Nationalspieler". sueddeutsche.de (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  12. [12]
    "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.


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