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Clifford Manua

New Zealand rugby league footballer

Clifford Manua

Personal information

Full name

Clifford Manua

Born

(1980-09-12) 12 September 1980 (age 43)
Auckland, New Zealand

Playing information

Height

191 cm (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

118 kg (18 st 8 lb)

Position

Prop, Second-row

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2005	Cronulla Sharks	2	0	0	0	0
2007	Brisbane Broncos	4	0	0	0	0
2008	Melbourne Storm	4	0	0	0	0
	Total	10	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007	Queensland Residents	1	0	0	0	0

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Clifford Manua (born 12 September 1980) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. He played as a prop or second-row forward. He joined the Brisbane Broncos team in 2007, and played for their feeder club, the Aspley Broncos.

Background

Manua was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

Career

Manua made his first grade debut for Cronulla-Sutherland in round 24 of the 2005 NRL season against Manly-Warringah which ended in a 68-6 victory at Shark Park. Manua played in the club's elimination final loss against St. George during the same year.^[2]

In the 2007 NRL season, Manua joined Brisbane. He played four matches for the club including their 40-0 elimination final loss against Melbourne. He was released by Brisbane in late 2007, to join defending premiers Melbourne Storm as a backup for some of their injured forwards. Manua played a handful of games for Melbourne in the 2008 NRL season, the last of which was against the Gold Coast in round 13 with the match ending in a 18-0 defeat.^[3]