Martin Moana

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Martin Moana
Personal information
Born	(1973-08-13) 13 August 1973 Huntly, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Position	Five-eighth, Loose forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Huntly South (WRL)
1994	Waikato Cougars	22	14	0	0	56
1995	Auckland Warriors	12	1	0	0	4
1996–2001	Halifax Blue Sox	186	119	0	1	476
2001	Huddersfield Giants	6	2	0	0	8
2001–2002	Doncaster	12	16	0	0	64
2002	Wakefield Trinity	21	10	0	0	40
2003	Halifax Blue Sox	16	7	0	0	28
2003–2004	Salford City Reds	9	6	0	0	24
2005–2006	Doncaster	24	18	0	0
2006–2009	Swinton Lions	88	40	0	0	160
	Total	308	193	0	1	700
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992–1993	Waikato
1994–2000	New Zealand Māori	3	0	0	0	0
Source: ^[1]

Martin Moana (born 13 August 1973 in Huntly, New Zealand^[2]) is a former professional rugby league footballer who was an international representative and played club football in England and New Zealand.

Early years

Moana started his senior career in 1989, playing for Waikato in New Zealand domestic competitions. He made the Northern Zone U13's team in 1986, the New Zealand U15's Schoolboy Kiwis in 1988 and the New Zealand U17's in 1989. He was a Junior Kiwi in 1992, being part of a successful team who defeated the Junior Kangaroos.^[3] In 1993 Moana signed with Auckland Warriors and toured Australia with their development side.

Waikato and Auckland

In the 1994 Lion Red Cup Moana scored 14 tries in 22 games for the Waikato Cougars. He was then selected for the New Zealand Residents' tour of Australia and named in the New Zealand Māori side for the 1994 Pacific Cup in Fiji.^[4]

In 1995 he played for the Auckland Warriors and was in the inaugural side. He also represented New Zealand in the 1995 World Sevens.

England

Moana was not retained by the Warriors at the end of the year and in 1996 he joined Halifax Blue Sox in the Super League competition. He played there for five years and became a legend around Halifax. Moana competed for the Aotearoa Māori at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

At the end of 2000 Moana left Halifax and became something of a rugby league nomad. He spent 2001 at both Huddersfield and Doncaster, 2002 at Wakefield Trinity, returned briefly to Halifax for the start of 2003 before finishing the season with the Salford City Reds. In 2005 he moved again re-joining Doncaster before seemingly settling at Swinton where he was player of the year in 2006. He remained with the Swinton Lions until his retirement at the end of the 2009 season.

References

↑ Martin Moana rugbyleagueproject.org
↑ Martin Moana slstats.com
↑ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3 p.182.
↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.17

v t e Aotearoa Māori squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup

Nikau (c) Chan Cookthcote Goodwin Hermansson Hoppe Kidwell Kohe-Love Koopu Leuluai Manuel Moana Mills Nahi Nelson Ngamu Perenara Rauhihi Reihana J. Smith T. Smith Toopi Whatuira Te Rangi Coach: Bell

v t e Inaugural Auckland Warriors side

v Brisbane Broncos, Mount Smart Stadium, 10 March, 1995

1. Phil Blake 2. Sean Hoppe 3. Dean Bell (c) 4. Manoa Thompson 5. Whetu Taewa 6. Gene Ngamu 7. Greg Alexander 8. Gavin Hill 9. Duane Mann 10. Hitro Okesene 11. Stephen Kearney 12. Tony Tatupu 13. Tony Tuimavave 14. Se'e Solomona 15. Tea Ropati 16. Jason Mackie 17. Martin Moana Coach: John Monie

Persondata
Name	Moana, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby league player
Date of birth	13 August 1973
Place of birth	Huntly, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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