Simon Mannering
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| Mannering during 2013 World Cup | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Simon Alexander Mannering | |||||
| Born |
28 August 1986 Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
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| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Lock, Centre | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2005– | New Zealand Warriors | 258 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 232 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2006–15 | New Zealand | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
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Simon Alexander Mannering (born 28 August 1986) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who previously captained the New Zealand Warriors of the National Rugby League (NRL). A New Zealand international representative second row forward, who can also play at centre, he was appointed the New Zealand national team's captain in 2013 and was replaced by Ryan Hoffman for the 2016 NRL season. Mannering has played his whole NRL career to date with the Warriors and was part of the 2008 World Cup-winning Kiwis team.
Mannering moved to Motueka at an early age and was educated at Motueka High School and then at Nelson College from 2000 to 2004, where he played rugby union. After being spotted by rugby league development officer Paul Bergman, Mannering switched codes and was an instant success, making the national secondary schools team after just three games of rugby league.
In 2004 Mannering moved to Wellington to play for the Wellington under-18 side, joining the Wellington Rugby League Academy at WelTec. He then was selected for the Paul Bergman-coached Wellington Orcas in the Bartercard Cup. In 2004, Mannering made the Junior Kiwi's and the New Zealand A side. Mannering received interest from the Bulldogs and Parramatta before deciding to move to Auckland and join the New Zealand Warriors.
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