Kane Le'aupepe

{{short description|Samoan rugby union player}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|201|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|118|kg|lb stlb|abbr=on}}

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| school = Newlands College

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| ru_position = Lock, Flanker

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| ru_clubyears = 2016
2018–2020
2019–2020

| ru_proclubs = Wellington
Bay of Plenty
Hurricanes

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11

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(15)
(10)

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| ru_nationalyears = 2018–2019

| ru_nationalteam = Samoa

| ru_nationalcaps = 10

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| ru_ntupdate = 5 June 2022

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Kane Le'aupepe (born 3 December 1992 in New Zealand) is a former Samoan rugby union player who plays for the {{Rut|Hurricanes}} in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock. He was named in the Hurricanes squad for week 1 in 2019.{{cite web | url=https://super.rugby/superrugby/match-centre/?season=2019&competition=205&match=519071 | title=Match Centre – Sanzar Hurricanes v Crusaders | publisher=SANZAR | date=29 March 2019 | access-date=29 March 2019}}

On 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Airey |title=Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/47954 |work=Samoa Observer |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019 }} before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.{{cite news |title=Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/446870 |website=rugbyworldcup.com |publisher=Rugby World Cup |date=31 August 2019 |access-date=1 September 2019 }}