Jordan Manihera
| Full name | Jordan Mark Manihera [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Westlake Boys High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jordan Manihera (born 8 May 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a flanker for Template:Rut North Harbour in the ITM Cup[2][3] and the Template:Rut Blues in Super Rugby.[4][5]
Career
Manihera is a native of Auckland, and came up through the ranks at his local club Template:Rut North Harbour, captaining their Under 20 side to the 2012 North Championship title.[5] He debuted for Harbour in a victory over Template:Rut Tasman in 2012 and went on to establish himself as a regular during the 2013 ITM Cup, where he made a total of 8 appearances accompanied by 2 tries.[3]
Although not initially selected in either the Template:Rut Blues regular squad or wider training group for the 2014 Super Rugby season, an injury to young, Template:Rut Auckland flanker Joe Edwards saw Manihera take his place.[5] He was penciled in for a first super rugby game when the Blues took on the Template:Rut Crusaders in their second match of the season, however captain Luke Braid recovered from injury to take his place in the starting fifteen.[6] He was also later named in the Blues 27-man group for their 2 match tour of South Africa.[7]
International
Manihera was a part of the New Zealand Under-20 squad which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.[8][9][10]
References
- ^ "Jordan Manihera Silverdale United Player Profile". Silverdale Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Jordan Manihera North Harbour Player Profile". North Harbour Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Jordan Manihera itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Jordan Manihera Blues Player Profile". Blues Rugby. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Blues contract all part of the game plan". Local Matters.co.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Rugby: Noakes dropped by Blues". New Zealand Herald. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Hickey joins Blues tour to SA". Rugby 365. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Savea and Emery headline NZ U20 squad". Stuff.co.nz. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Jordan Manihera New Zealand Under 20 Player Profile". Allblacks.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Jordan Manihera IRB JWC 2013 Player Profile". IRB.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.