Kiri Mariner

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Kiri Mariner
Date of birth (1984-08-26) 26 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Western Samoa
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–09 RC Toulon 19 (10)
2009–10 Stade Phocéen 14 (25)
2010–17 US Montauban 85 (70)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005 Samoa 1 (0)

Kiri Mariner (born 26 August 1984) is a Samoan former professional rugby union player. [1] [2]

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A three-quarter, Mariner was a physically strong player, first capped for Samoa in 2003 in rugby sevens. [3] He was a member of Samoa's team at the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong and later gained his only XV cap on that year's tour of Argentina, as a centre in a win over the Pumas in Buenos Aires. [4]

Mariner, based in France since 2006, was in the RC Toulon side that won the Pro D2 tournament in 2008. He played with Stade Phocéen in the 2009–10 season, then crossed to US Montauban, where he won a Fédérale 1 title in 2014. [5]

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References

  1. "Kiri Mariner : «Bizarre de jouer contre son ancienne équipe»". La Dépêche (in French). 5 October 2018.
  2. "Kiri Mariner et Vungakoto Lilo ne se quittent plus : les deux anciens joueurs de l'US Montauban jouent et travaillent ensemble". La Dépêche (in French). 16 July 2020.
  3. "Kiri Mariner, la force pénétrante de l'USM". La Dépêche (in French). 22 November 2013.
  4. "Briefing". The Sunday Telegraph . 20 March 2005.
  5. "Kiri Mariner en Fédérale 3". La Dépêche (in French). 22 November 2017.