Willie Manu

Willie Manu

Personal information
Full name	Viliami Makamaile Manu
Born	(1980-03-20) 20 March 1980 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Position	Second-row, Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–03 Wests Tigers 50 5 0 0 20 2004 South Sydney 19 0 0 0 0 2005 St. George Illawarra 14 1 0 0 4 2006 Castleford Tigers 24 9 0 0 36 2007–12 Hull F.C. 165 36 0 0 144 2013–14 St Helens 43 8 0 0 36 2015 Sydney Roosters 4 0 0 0 0 Total 319 59 0 0 240 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–13 Tonga 11 2 0 0 8 2011–13 Exiles 3 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2][3]

Viliami Makamaile "Willie" Manu (born 20 March 1980) is a former Tongan international rugby league footballer. He played as a second-row forward, he previously played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs, St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters. Manu moved to England and played for Super League clubs Castleford Tigers then Hull F.C. before joining St Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League championship.

Background

Manu was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career

In August 2008, Willie Manu was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,^[4] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad.^[5] He played for Tonga in 2009 in a Test match against the New Zealand Kiwis.^[6]

St. Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Manu was selected to play from the interchange bench in their 14-6 victory over Wigan Warriors.^[7]

References

External links

• Saints Heritage Society profile