Lachlan Maranta
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Personal information
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17 April 1992 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby league
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| Position | Wing, Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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Lachlan Maranta (born 17 April 1992) is a professional Rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Queensland Reds of the Super Rugby. Maranta is a former Rugby League player for the Brisbane Broncos who primarily played as a winger and sometimes fullback, Maranta is the grandson of Broncos co-founder Barry Maranta.
Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Maranta grew up surrounded by rugby league. His grandfather, Barry, was a Brisbane Broncos co-founder, his father, Brett Plowman, played six seasons for the team and his mother, Robyn, was an assistant to then Broncos coach Wayne Bennett. A Broncos ball boy at age 5, Maranta started playing rugby league for the Wests Panthers. Lachlan attended St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace where he made numerous sporting honours. Apart from rugby Maranta was also a talented cricketer and exceptional track and field athlete while growing up, but made the choice to follow his league dream when he was 16. Maranta represented Queensland under 16's, under 18's and Queensland Schoolboys during his teenage years.
Maranta joined the Broncos Toyota Cup team in 2010 and played 30 games for them between 2010 and 2011. Despite still being eligible for the Toyota Cup in 2012, Maranta started playing for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup. While playing for the Devils, Maranta was called up to play fullback for Queensland against New South Wales in the inaugural Under 20's State of Origin at Penrith Stadium in the Maroons 18-14 loss.
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