Manu Vatuvei
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Personal information
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| Nickname | The Beast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 March 1986 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manu Vatuvei (/ˈmɑːnuː vʌtuːveɪ/; born 4 March 1986), is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors of the National Rugby League. A New Zealand national representative winger, he has played his entire NRL career to date with the Warriors. Vatuvei was a member of the New Zealand side that won the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He became the Warriors' highest try scorer and averages over 10 tries per season.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Vatuvei is of Tongan descent. He grew up in the same Otara neighbourhood as and attended Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate. His cousin is Tongan-Japanese rugby union player Ruatangi Vatuvei. Vatuvei played for the Otara Scorpions and Otahuhu Leopards in Auckland Rugby League competitions before playing for the Otahuhu Ellerslie Leopards in the Bartercard Cup. When he was only 16 he joined the New Zealand Warriors development squad.
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