Kane Bentley

Kane Bentley (born 16 April 1987) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who last played for Toulouse Olympique Broncos in the Elite One Championship.

Kane Bentley
Personal information
Born (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987
New Zealand
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–10 Catalans Dragons 39 6 0 0 24
2010–11 Pia Donkeys 14 7 0 0 28
2011–12 Lézignan Sangliers 9 4 0 0 16
2013–13 Dewsbury Rams 13 2 0 0 8
2013–15 Toulouse Olympique 24 6 0 0 24
2016– Toulouse Olympique 35 8 0 0 12
Total 134 33 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 France 15 6 0 0 24
2017 Scotland 3 0 0 0 0
As of 5 December 2017
Source: [1][2][3]

Having grown up and played virtually his entire career in France, he is also a France, and Scotland international.

Early years

Bentley was born in New Zealand, he has Scottish ancestors, and eligible to play for Scotland due to the grandparent rule.

Born to a New Zealand/Samoan father and New Zealand Maori mother in Auckland, Bentley moved to France at a young age where his father played for La Réole XIII.

Playing career

His senior league started at Marseilles then UTC. In 2007, he gained promotion to the Dragons first team squad alongside his brother Andrew, and then moved to Toulouse. In 2015 he signed with the Boston 13s in the United States, helping them to the 2015 USARL Championship.[4]

Representative career

Bentley represented France at junior level for a number of years.

He was named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and for the Four Nations tournament.[5] Bentley was also eligible for Scotland but he was snubbed for the European Cup, and instead opted to play for France.[6]

He has since been a regular for the senior side, and was named in the squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kane-bentley.co.uk/player_11692.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Lezignan website". Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "France dominated by Dragons". Sky Sports. 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  6. Mascord, Steve (29 October 2009). "League: Kiwi hooker looking to make mark with France". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2011.


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