Kurt Mann

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Kurt Mann
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Personal information
Born (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)
Winton, Queensland, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Five-eighth, Wing, Lock, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–15 Melbourne Storm 28100040
2016–18 St. George Illawarra 60200080
2019–23 Newcastle Knights 90150161
2024– Canterbury Bulldogs 71004
Total1854601185
Source: [1]
As of 24 March 2024

Kurt Mann (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. A utility player, he has started games in the positions of centre , five-eighth , wing , lock , fullback, hooker and halfback.

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He previously played for the Melbourne Storm, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

Background

Mann was born in Winton, Queensland, Australia and was educated at St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon.

Mann played his junior rugby league for the Winton Diamantina Devils, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Playing career

Early career

In 2011 and 2012, Mann played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. [2] [3]

On 21 April 2012, he played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team. [4]

On 20 June 2012, he signed a three-year contract with the Melbourne Storm starting in 2013. [5] He played for the Storm's NYC team in 2013. [2]

Mann playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks team in 2013 Kurtmann.jpg
Mann playing for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks team in 2013

On 20 April 2013, he again played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team. [6]

2014

In 2014, Mann moved on to Melbourne's New South Wales Cup team, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. [7] In February 2014, he played for Melbourne in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines. [8] In round 9 of the 2014 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm, against Manly-Warringah. He played at centre and scored the match winning try on debut, in Melbourne's 22-19 win at AAMI Park. [9] [10] He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 8 matches and scored 6 tries. [11] Furthermore, he was the awarded 2014 Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year. [12]

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Mann played in the Melbourne club's 2015 NRL Auckland Nines campaign. [13] On 1 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, starting in 2016. [14] [15] He finished off his last year with the Storm by playing in 20 matches and scoring 4 tries. [16]

2016

In February, Mann played for St. George Illawarra in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. [17]

In round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, he made his club debut for St. George Illawarra against his former club, Melbourne, playing at fullback in the Saints 16-18 loss at AAMI Park. [18] In round 12, against the North Queensland Cowboys, he scored his first try for St. George Illawarra. [19] He was the club's leading try-scorer for the season with ten tries. [20] Mann was a member of the Illawarra side which won the 2016 NSW Cup with a 21-20 victory over Mounties in the final. [21]

2017

Mann was named in St. George Illawarra's squad for the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines. [22] He played in 21 games, scoring 7 tries for St. George Illawarra in the 2017 season. [23]

2018

Mann played in 26 games and scored three tries for St. George Illawarra in the 2018 season. [24] In December, he was granted a release from the final year of his St. George contract, to return to the Newcastle Knights on a three-year contract starting in 2019. [25]

2019

Mann played 19 games and scored five tries for Newcastle in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished a disappointing 11th on the table. At the start of the year, many tipped Newcastle to reach the finals after the club recruited heavily in the off-season. [26] [27]

2020

He made 17 appearances for Newcastle in the 2020 NRL season including the club's first finals game since 2013 which was an elimination finals loss against South Sydney. [28]

2021

Mann played 22 games for Newcastle in the 2021 NRL season including the club's elimination finals loss against Parramatta. [29]

2022

Mann played a total of eleven matches for Newcastle in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 14th on the table and missed the finals. [30]

2023

On 2 May, it was announced that Mann would be ruled out indefinitely from playing after suffering a torn oblique muscle in Newcastle's loss to Parramatta. [31]

After playing 90 games for the Novocastrians, Mann parted ways with the club at the end of the 2023 season. [32] On 8 November, he signed a two-year contract to join Canterbury ahead of the 2024 NRL season. [33] [34]

2024

In round 1 of the 2024 NRL season, Mann made his club debut for Canterbury in their 28-6 loss against arch-rivals Parramatta. [35]

Statistics

YearTeamGamesTriesFGsPts
2014 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 8624
201520416
2016 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 131040
201721728
201826312
2019 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 1914
202020624
2021223113
20221114
202314312
Totals174441177

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