{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Kayne Lawton |fullname = Kayne Lawton |image = Kayne Lawton.jpg |image_size = 288px |position = {{Rlp|HK|HB|FE}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|05|31|df=yes}} |birth_place = Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |height = {{convert|174|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|85|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = {{nowrap|Gold Coast Titans}} |year1start = 2009 |year1end = 12 |appearances1 = 7 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 0 |club2 = AS Carcassonne |year2start = 2015 |year2end = 16 |appearances2 = 9 |tries2 = 3 |goals2 = 6 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 24 | teamA = {{nowrap|Queensland Residents}} | yearAstart = 2011 | yearAend = | appearancesA = 1 | triesA = 0 | goalsA = 0 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 0 |source = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kayne-lawton/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_16661.html itsrugby]</ref> |updated = 5 January 2024 | module = {{infobox person | embed = yes | father = | mother = | spouse = | education = | alma_mater = | relatives = Karl Lawton (brother) }} }}
'''Kayne Lawton''' (born 31 May 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship. He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
==Playing career== He made his NRL debut in round 20 of the 2009 NRL season against the Brisbane Broncos. In the 2010 and 2011 seasons, Lawton managed to make only one appearance in each year. In the 2011 NRL season, the Gold Coast finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/parramatta-eels-defeat-the-gold-coast-titans-to-avoid-wooden-spoon-for-2011/news-story/fc87216a6a23a4b8d0eefd6174b60c47/|title=Parramatta Eels defeat the Gold Coast Titans to avoid wooden spoon for 2011|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney}}</ref>
On 12 November 2012, Lawton signed a one-year contract with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles but he failed to make any appearances for the first grade team in his time there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/sea-eagles-sign-horo-tonga-lawton-8115/ |title=Sea Eagles sign Horo, Tonga and Lawton {{!}} NRL {{!}} Zero Tackle |website=zerotackle.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119012435/http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/sea-eagles-sign-horo-tonga-lawton-8115 |archive-date=2012-11-19}}</ref>
In August 2015 Lawton signed with AS Carcassonne in the Elite One Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asc13.fr/#!RECRUTEMENTSUITE/c1a5h/55c1f2000cf2e37b76c1f374 |title=Carcassonne 13 |access-date=29 August 2015 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126212219/https://www.asc13.fr/#!RECRUTEMENTSUITE/c1a5h/55c1f2000cf2e37b76c1f374 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Lawton is the older brother of Karl Lawton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zerotackle.com/lawton-to-make-history-22713/#Vtxj38GxFCD4kss5.97|title=Lawton to make history|publisher=Zero Tackle|date=2 July 2016|accessdate=2016-07-02|archive-date=4 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704020626/http://www.zerotackle.com/lawton-to-make-history-22713/#Vtxj38GxFCD4kss5.97|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.nrl.com/telstrapremiership/playerstats/playerprofile/tabid/10898/clubid/16/playerid/747/seasonid/10/default.aspx NRL profile]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} *''[http://www.titans.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=1248&player=kayne%20-lawton&team=Titans Kayne Lawton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113085200/http://www.titans.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=1248&player=kayne%20-lawton&team=Titans |date=13 November 2011 }} at the Gold Coast Titans official website.''
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