Kane Russell

Kane Elliot Mark Russell is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger [Polo Club] and the New Zealand men's [national field hockey team|New Zealand national team].
Russell represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the Field hockey at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|men's team came seventh].

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 Club|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.

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