Manu Paea
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| Born | 17 September 2001 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Rotorua Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manu Paea (born 17 September 2001) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club Moana Pasifika. Born in New Zealand, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.[1][2][3]
Club career
[edit]He made his debut for Moana Pasifika in Round 6 of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season against the Hurricanes.[4]
Paea was named in Tonga's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, featuring in their 45-24 victory over Romania. After an injury-enforced absence from professional rugby in 2025, Paea signed with North Harbour for the 2025 Bunnings NPC.
References
[edit]- ^ "Manu Paea". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ @MoanaPasifika_ (21 November 2021). "Our final squad list is out!" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Moana Pasifika confirm final signing to complete inaugural Super Rugby squad". Rugby Pass. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Moana Pasifika make history with first win". SANZAAR. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Manu Paea at ItsRugby.co.uk
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- 2001 births
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Moana Pasifika players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Tongan rugby union players
- Tonga international rugby union players
- Auckland rugby union players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School
- North Harbour rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 2000s birth stubs