Kane Evans
Kane Evans (born 9 January 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. A Fijian international, New South Wales City and World All Stars representative, he plays at prop.
Early years
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Evans is of Fijian descent and played his junior football for the Leichhardt Wanderers, Balmain Police Boys and Leichhardt Juniors. He was then signed by the Sydney Roosters. In 2011 and 2012, Evans played for the Roosters' NYC team.[4] At the end of 2011, Evans was named at prop in the 2011 NYC Team of the Year. In 2012, Evans played for the New South Wales Under 20s team[5] and Junior Kangaroos.[6] In 2013, Evans moved on to the Roosters' New South Wales Cup team, Newtown Jets. At the end of 2013, Evans was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year and played for Fiji at the World Cup.[7] Evans played 5 matches.
Playing career
2014
In Round 2 of the 2014 NRL season, Evans made his NRL debut for the Sydney Roosters off the interchange bench against the Parramatta Eels in the Roosters 56-4 thrashing win at SFS.[8] On 9 April 2014, Evans extended his contract for a further 3 years, keeping him at the Roosters till the end of the 2017 season.[9] In May 2014 Evans was selected to play for Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International against Samoa. Evans played at prop in Fiji’s 32-16 loss at Penrith Stadium.[10] Evans finished the 2014 NRL season having played in 9 matches for the Roosters.
2015
On 31 January and 1 February, Evans played for the Roosters in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[11] On 3 May, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country in the 2015 City vs Country Origin, playing off in the interchange bench in City's 22-34 loss in Wagga Wagga.[12][13] In Round 15 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons, he scored his first NRL career try in the Roosters' 19-14 win at the Sydney Football Stadium.[14] In Round 21 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, he made headlines by producing shoulder charge on Bulldogs forward Sam Kasiano in the Roosters' 38-28 win at the Sydney Football Stadium.[15][16] Evans finished off the 2015 season having played in 26 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Roosters.[17] On 15 December, he was named on interchange bench for the World All Stars team to play the Indigenous All Stars on 16 February 2016.[18]
2016
On 13 January, Evans was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad.[19] On 13 February, he played for the World All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2016 All Stars match, playing off the interchange bench in his team's 12-8 win at Suncorp Stadium.[20][21]
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