Etuate Manu, known also as Etu Manu (born 9 September 1969) is a Tongan former rugby union player who played as centre.
| Date of birth | 9 September 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 231 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editAt club level, Manu played in the National Provincial Championship initially in 1993 for Marlborough, and later in 1996 and 1997 for Taranaki.[1] At international level, he was first capped for Tonga on 13 July 1996 against Samoa, in Apia. He was also part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup Tonga squad, but did not play any match in the tournament due to his dismissal in the repechage stage against Korea.[2] His last cap for Tonga was on 15 May 1999, against United States in San Francisco.[3]
References
edit- ^ www.vcsnet.co.nz, VCS Websites (NZ)-Lower Hutt and Wellington. "Etuate Manu | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "BBC News | Tonga | Tonga: Rugby's crazy gang". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "Etu Manu | Rugby Union | Players and Officials". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 25 September 2023.