Martin Moana

Personal information

Born

13 August 1973 (age 43)
Huntly, New Zealand

Playing information

Height

182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

96 kg (15 st 2 lb)

Position

Five-eighth, Loose forward

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Huntly South (WRL)
1994	Waikato Cougars	22	14	0	0	56
1995	Auckland Warriors	12	1	0	0	4
1996–01	Halifax Blue Sox	186	119	0	1	476
2001	Huddersfield Giants	6	2	0	0	8
2001	Doncaster	14	7	0	0	28
2002	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	21	10	0	0	40
2003	Halifax Blue Sox	16	7	0	0	28
2003–04	Salford City Reds	9	6	0	0	24
2004–05	Doncaster	39	22	0	0	88
2006–09	Swinton Lions	88	40	0	0	160
	Total	325	188	0	1	752
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992–93	Waikato
1994–00	New Zealand Māori	3	0	0	0	0

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Martin Moana (born 13 August 1973 in Huntly, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer who was an international representative and played club football in England and New Zealand.

Moana started his senior career in 1989, playing for Waikato in New Zealand domestic competitions. He made the Northern Zone U13's team in 1986, the New Zealand U15's Schoolboy Kiwis in 1988 and the New Zealand U17's in 1989. He was a Junior Kiwi in 1992, being part of a successful team who defeated the Junior Kangaroos. In 1993 Moana signed with Auckland Warriors and toured Australia with their development side.

In the 1994 Lion Red Cup Moana scored 14 tries in 22 games for the Waikato Cougars. He was then selected for the New Zealand Residents' tour of Australia and named in the New Zealand Māori side for the 1994 Pacific Cup in Fiji.

In 1995 he played for the Auckland Warriors and was in the inaugural side. He also represented New Zealand in the 1995 World Sevens.

Moana was not retained by the Warriors at the end of the year and in 1996 he joined Halifax Blue Sox in the Super League competition. He played there for five years and became a legend around Halifax. Moana competed for the Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

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