Deacon Manu

Deacon Manu

Personal information
Full name	Deacon Tehanakore Manu
Date of birth	February 18, 1979 (1979-02-18) (age 32)
Place of birth	New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Club information
Position(s)	Prop
Current club	Scarlets
Youth representative teams
	New Zealand U-21
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1999–2006 2001–2006 2006–	Waikato Waikato Chiefs Scarlets	066 (40) 056 0(5) 109 (40)
Representative teams
2005 2009-	NZ Māori Fiji	01 0(0) 012 0(0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Deacon Tehanakore Manu (born 18 February 1979 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Fijian rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop for the Scarlets in the Celtic League, having signed from the Chiefs in 2006.^[1]

Career

Born in/at New Plymouth, Taranaki, Manu began his rugby career with Waikato, the province immediately to the north of Taranaki. He made his debut for Waikato in 1999, playing against a Japanese XV. He made a further 65 appearances for Waikato during his time there. In 2001, he was selected for the Waikato Chiefs Super 12 squad. He made his debut for the Chiefs in their opening game of the 2001 Super 12 season, a 42–23 loss to the Waratahs. Manu played for the Chiefs for a further five years before being signed by the Llanelli Scarlets in the summer of 2006. He made his competitive debut for the Scarlets on 8 September 2006, coming on as a 29th-minute substitute for John Davies in a 31–17 victory over the Glasgow Warriors.

Manu has international experience playing for the New Zealand Māori, having played against the British and Irish Lions during their tour of New Zealand in 2005. He has also played for the New Zealand Universities and Under-21 sides.

In the lead-up to the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Manu expressed his availability for selection to the Fijian selectors. Although he had played all of his representative rugby for New Zealand teams up to that point, Manu is eligible for Fiji through his Fijian mother.^[2] Manu made his debut for Fiji in 2009 against Scotland and captained Fiji in their game against Australia in June 2010. He later returned for the 2010 end of year tour and was handed the captaincy of the Fiji team again.

References

1. ^ "Scarlets secure Maori prop Manu". BBC Sport. 3 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/5010394.stm. Retrieved 6 February 2008. 
2. ^ Singh, Indra (16 March 2007). "I'll pack down for Fiji: Manu". Fiji Times. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=58894. Retrieved 13 February 2008. 

External links

• Profile at scarlets.co.uk
• Profile at allblacks.com

Persondata
Name	Manu, Deacon
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Date of birth	18 February 1979
Place of birth	New Plymouth, New Zealand
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