Manaia Cherrington
Cherrington playing for the Tigers in 2015.
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Personal information
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2 August 1994 Whangarei, New Zealand |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 2 April 2016
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Manaia Cherrington (born 2 August 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League. He plays at hooker. He previously played for the Wests Tigers.
Born in Whangarei, New Zealand, Cherrington is of Māori descent and moved to Australia at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Wentworthville Magpies and Quakers Hill Destroyers, before being signed by the Wests Tigers.
In 2013 and 2014, Cherrington played for the Wests Tigers' NYC team. On 13 October 2013, he played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos. On 12 February 2014, he re-signed with the Tigers on a 2-year contract. Coach Mick Potter said, "I think Manaia has good speed and awareness around the dummy-half and he is still learning and growing so there’s a lot of potential there."
At the end of the year, Cherrington was named at hooker in the 2014 NYC Team of the Year. On 18 October 2014, he again played for the Junior Kiwis against the Junior Kangaroos, this time captaining the side. In 2015, he moved on to the Tigers' New South Wales Cup team.
In Round 13, Cherrington made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the Gold Coast Titans. With regular hooker Robbie Farah injured, Cherrington covered the position in tandem with Dene Halatau for 4 weeks. Later in the season, he would return to first grade, playing off the bench in 7 of the last 8 games. Cherrington scored his first try in round 19, burrowing over from dummy-half against the Broncos.
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