Huriana Manuel
| Date of birth | 8 August 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Huriana Manuel (born 8 August 1986) is a New Zealand female rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and Auckland. Manuel was part of the Black Ferns squad that won the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and the New Zealand women's sevens team at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
Of Māori descent, Manuel affiliates to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāpuhi iwi.[1] Manuel's mother, , is a former Black Fern. They are the first mother and daughter to play for the Black Ferns.[2][3][4]
In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 Season of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021.[5]
Honors[]
In 2021, World Rugby inducted Manuel into its World Rugby Hall of Fame, alongside Osea Kolinisau, Humphrey Kayange, Cheryl McAfee, Will Carling and Jim Telfer.[6]
References[]
- ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Paul Lewis (30 July 2006). "Ferns a family affair". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Alan Apted (4 March 2009). "Suasua set for record". Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Anna Kessel (20 August 2010). "Fierce Ferns pull in crowds as women's World Cup begins". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021". TheSpinoff. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Six legends to be inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame". World Rugby. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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External links[]
- Huriana Manuel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Black Ferns Profile
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand female rugby sevens players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Ngāti Tūwharetoa
- Ngāpuhi
- Rugby union centres
- Auckland rugby union players
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs