Kane Bentley

<h2 id="early-years">Early years</h2>
<p>Bentley was born in New Zealand, he has <a href="/facts/Scottish_people/0rp2bd12">Scottish</a> <a href="/facts/Ancestor/oslX3GRb">ancestors</a>, and eligible to play for <a href="/facts/Scotland_national_rugby_league_team/sCGwR2BU">Scotland</a> due to the <a href="/facts/Grandfather_rule/wwaVE485">grandparent rule</a>.
</p><p>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 <a href="/facts/La_R%C3%A9ole_XIII/jswDNp7E">La Réole XIII</a>.
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<h2 id="playing-career">Playing career</h2>
<p>His senior league started at Marseilles then UTC. In 2007, he gained promotion to the Dragons first team squad alongside his brother <a href="/facts/Andrew_Bentley/hPLyAYv8">Andrew</a>, and then moved to Toulouse. In 2015 he signed with the <a href="/facts/Boston_13s/8tWB7Q3j">Boston 13s</a> in the United States, helping them to the <a href="/facts/2015_USARL_season/yJcRScKr">2015 USARL Championship</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h3>Saint-Gaudens Bears</h3>
<p>On 3 June 2020 it was reported that he had signed for <a href="/facts/Saint-Gaudens_Bears/hyGE9mbq">Saint-Gaudens Bears</a> in the <a href="/facts/Elite_One_Championship/MBe8E1Du">Elite One Championship</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="representative-career">Representative career</h2>
<p>Bentley represented France at junior level for a number of years.
</p><p>He was named in the <a href="/facts/France_national_rugby_league_team/2CArRD1N">France</a> squad for the <a href="/facts/2008_Rugby_League_World_Cup/YAcRxhKf">2008 Rugby League World Cup</a>, and for the <a href="/facts/2009_Rugby_League_Four_Nations/MSbo2nSI">Four Nations tournament</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Bentley was also eligible for <a href="/facts/Scotland_national_rugby_league_team/sCGwR2BU">Scotland</a> but he was snubbed for the <a href="/facts/2009_European_Cup/4SpdNS2d">European Cup</a>, and instead opted to play for France.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>He has since been a regular for the senior side, and was named in the squad for the <a href="/facts/2013_Rugby_League_World_Cup/TWR0efMk">2013 Rugby League World Cup</a>.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="http://www.superleague.co.uk/profile.php?id=2923">Super League profile</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044612/http://www.fcl13.fr/equipes/elite/effectif/player/1-elite-1-championnat/13-fc-lezignan-xiii/65-kane-bentley.html">Lezignan profile</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=383#Kane-Bentley">2017 RLWC profile</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171117174916/http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=383#Kane-Bentley">Archived</a> 17 November 2017 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Kane BENTLEY au pays de l'Oncle Sam – Toulouse Olympique XIII". Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150624171320/http://www.to13.com/kane-bentley-au-pays-de-loncle-sam/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150624171320/http://www.to13.com/kane-bentley-au-pays-de-loncle-sam/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Saint-Gaudens signe Kane Bentley". Trieze Mondial.fr. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021. <a href="https://treizemondial.fr/saint-gaudens-signe-kane-bentley/" target="_blank">https://treizemondial.fr/saint-gaudens-signe-kane-bentley/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"France dominated by Dragons". Sky Sports. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008. <a href="http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3949078,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3949078,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Mascord, Steve (29 October 2009). "League: Kiwi hooker looking to make mark with France". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2011. <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10606053&ref=rss" target="_blank">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10606053&ref=rss</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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