Corey Lawrie (born 15 February 1980) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who is the player-coach of the Hornby Panthers. His position of choice is at lock-forward.
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| Born | 15 February 1980 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 14 Sep 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editLawrie was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Playing career
editLawrie has previously represented the Canterbury Bulls in the Bartercard Cup, the Auckland Lions in the NSWRL Premier League, and the New Zealand Warriors in the Telstra Premiership. He made his first grade début for the Warriors on 15 April 2007 against the North Queensland Cowboys.
After being released by the Warriors, Lawrie joined Doncaster in National League Two in England.
In 2009 Lawrie returned to Christchurch and his junior club, the Hornby Panthers.[2]
Lawrie was named in a West Coast XIII to play in a curtain raiser match against Canterbury on 4 February 2011. The match is before the New Zealand Warriors v Newcastle Knights preseason charity match that will raise money for the Pike River Mine disaster trust.[3] He became the player-coach of the Panthers for the 2011 season.[4]
Lawrie represented the Canterbury Bulls in the National Competition in 2014.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Overseas Playing Experience to be put to use in League final The Press, 8 August 2009
- ^ Smith, Tony (15 January 2011). "Bulls v Coast curtain-raiser to Warriors-Knights". The Press. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ Halswell tipped to challenge Hornby Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Press, 2 April 2011
- ^ Odds stacked against Falcons Archived 21 August 2014 at archive.today nzrl.co.nz, 21 August 2014