Penani Manumalealii
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| Manumalealii playing for the Sharks in 2013. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 14 June 1992 Apia, Samoa | |||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||
| Weight | 80 kg (12 st 8 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015– | Wests Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–14 | Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| As of 3 May 2014 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Penani Manumalealii (born 14 June 1992) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at halfback and five-eighth.
Early years
Born in Apia, Samoa, Manumalealii was raised in New Zealand and attended Hornby high school while playing his junior football for the Hornby Panthers.
Playing career
As a 16-year-old, Manumalealii moved to Sydney, Australia to play for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.[1] He played for the Sharks' NYC team from 2010 to 2012[2][3] before moving on to the Sharks' New South Wales Cup team in 2013.[4]
In Round 2 of the 2014 NRL season, Manumalealii made his NRL debut for the Sharks against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[5]
On 20 March 2014, Manumalealii signed a contract with the Wests Tigers starting effective immediately for the rest of the season.[6]
Representative career
In 2012, Manumalealii played for the Junior Kiwis.[7][8]
In 2013, Manumalealii was named in the Samoa squad for the World Cup.[9] He scored a try in their opening match against New Zealand.
In May 2014, Penani played for Samoa in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He scored three tries in Samoa's 32-16 victory. He dedicated those tries to his mother who had died months earlier. The game also showed respect to his mother by having a moment of silence before the national anthems.
On 8 September 2014, Manumalealii was selected for the Samoa Four Nations train-on squad.[10] On 7 October 2014, Manumalealii was selected in the Samoa national rugby league team final 24 man squad for the 2014 Four Nations series.[11][12]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140317151747/http://www.sharks.com.au/team/profiles/penani-manumalealii.html. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130918012906/http://rleague.com/players/penani-manumalealii_3069/Stats/. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195832/http://www.sharks.com.au/news-display/Young%20Sharks%20stun%20Souths/61974. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140214131723/http://www.nswrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=84019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Late Mail - Sharks v Bulldogs". Sharks.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Wests Tigers sign Manumalealii - Tigers". Weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130130142458/http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=45763. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Junior Kiwis named for curtainraiser". Stuff.co.nz. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Rugby League World Cup 2013". Rlwc2013.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Samoa train on squad announced | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
- ↑ "Toa Samoa name Four Nations squad | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2015-12-25.