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| Birth name | Salesi Manu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salesi Manu (born 26 September 1990) is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. He plays for Brisbane City in the National Rugby Championship and Bond University in the Queensland Premiership. He has previously played for Super Rugby team the Western Force, Italian club Benetton Treviso, and Japanese club Honda Heat.
Manu was a member of the Australia under 20 team that competed in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship. [1]
He joined the Western Force Extended Playing Squad during 2012 and made 8 appearances. [2] In the second half of the year he played for North Harbour in New Zealand's domestic ITM Cup competition. [3] Manu was a member of the Western Force extended player group for the 2013 Super Rugby season before signing with Benetton Treviso for the 2014–15 season. [4]
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