Henari Veratau
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Date of birth | 3 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | The Scots College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henari Veratau (born 3 January 1984 ) is a Papa New Guinean international rugby union professional footballer who played for the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies, who originally played rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.[1] His position is at centre and wing. He signed for French Pro D2 club Racing Métro 92 Paris in August 2008.
Background[]
Veratau was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
He went to The Scots College in Sydney, winning the Honour Cap in Year 12 in 2001.
Career[]
In 2009, he signed with the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Rugby Team (Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars) in Kanagawa, Japan.
He took part to the 2016 Cup of Nations with Papua New Guinea[2]
References[]
- ^ "Brumbies snare NRL winger". The Age. Melbourne. 31 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Super duo in Pukpuks". 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
External links[]
- "Queensland Reds profile". Archived from the original on 27 July 2008.
- "Brumbies Sign Schoolboy's Star Henari Veratau". 31 July 2003. Archived from the original on 14 September 2006.
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Papua New Guinean rugby league players
- Sydney Roosters players
- Papua New Guinean rugby union players
- Living people
- People from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)
- Papua New Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Papua New Guinean expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- People educated at Scots College (Sydney)
- Papua New Guinean sportspeople stubs
- Australian rugby union biography stubs