Willie Manu

Willie Manu

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Personal information
Full name	Viliami Makamile Manu
Born	(1980-03-20) 20 March 1980 Sydney, New South Wales
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Lock
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–03	Wests Tigers	50	5	0	0	20
2004	South Sydney	19	0	0	0	0
2005	St. George Illawarra	14	1	0	0	4
2006	Castleford Tigers	24	9	0	0	36
2007–12	Hull F.C.	165	36	0	0	144
2013–14	St Helens	32	6	0	0	24
2015–	Sydney Roosters	4	0	0	0	0
	Total	308	57	0	0	228
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2000–13	Tonga	11	2	0	0	8
2011–13	Exiles	3	1	0	0	4
As of 24 January 2015
Source: Rugby League Project

Willie Manu (born 20 March 1980) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League. A Tonga national representative second-row forward, he previously played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Wests Tigers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and St. George Illawarra Dragons. Manu moved to England and played for Super League clubs Castleford Tigers then Hull FC before joining St Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League championship.

In August 2008, Willie Manu was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man Tonga squad. He played for Tonga in 2009 in a Test match against the New Zealand Kiwis.

St. Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final and Manu was selected to play from the interchange bench in their 14-6 victory over Wigan Warriors.