Malakai Watene-Zelezniak
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Personal information
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| Nickname | MWZ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 August 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby league
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 13 May 2017
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Malakai Watene-Zelezniak (born 27 August 1991) is an Australian-born rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays on the wing. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and briefly rugby union for the New South Wales Country Eagles in the National Rugby Championship.
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Watene-Zelezniak is of Māori, Tongan, and Polish descent. At 2 years old he moved Hamilton, New Zealand, and returned to Sydney at 9 years old. He played his junior rugby league for the St Clair Comets.
Watene-Zelezniak is the great-grandson of former New Zealand rugby league captain and politician, Steve Watene. Watene-Zelezniak is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Malakai is the older brother of Penrith Panthers winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.
Watene-Zelezniak played for the Penrith Panthers in the NYC from 2009 to 2011. In 2014, Watene-Zelezniak joined the New South Wales Country Eagles of the National Rugby Championship. He played in four of their matches. Watene-Zelezniak returned to the Panthers during the 2015 season to play in their New South Wales Cup team. On 25 September 2015, Watene-Zelezniak was named in Tonga's preliminary train-on squad ahead of their 2017 World Cup qualifying match against the Cook Islands. He was selected to represent the New Zealand Māori in their match against the New Zealand Residents on 15 October 2016.
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