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.

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

Kane Russell

Club career

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

Kane Russell

Personal life

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

Kane Russell

References

External links

1992 births

Living people

Ngāpuhi people

New Zealand Māori sportspeople

Sportspeople from Dunedin

Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand

New Zealand male field hockey players

2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand

Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey

Male field hockey defenders

HC Rotterdam players

Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players

Men's Belgian Hockey League players

Royal Léopold Club players

2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players

New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Germany

Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games