Menzie Yere

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Menzie Yere
Personal information


Full name	Emmanuel Yere
Born	(1983-10-24) 24 October 1983 Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Height	173cm
Weight	83kg
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–	Sheffield Eagles	147	118	0	0	472
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–2013	Papua New Guinea	12	9	0	0	36
As of 1 October 2013

Emmanuel Menzie Yere (born 24 October 1983) is a rugby league player who currently plays for Sheffield Eagles in England. He is a Papua New Guinea international. After two successful years at the Eagles, Yere signed a further three year contract to extend his stay.

In 2010, the club discovered that Yere had been buying kit (particularly boots) and taking unwanted kit to send back to his home country, where kit shortage is a problem. With Yere's support they set up kits2kids, a charity that collects kit from companies, clubs, schools and individuals and ships it to PNG.^[1]

Yere is often known as "The Jukebox" because he has so many hits, referring to the large number of heavy tackles he makes in each game.

Representative career

Yere played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, where he scored one try against Australia.^[2]

Yere was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.^[3]

He played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament scoring two tries, taking his total representative tries to 9, the most for any PNG player.

Yere was selected by coach Adrian Lam as part of the train-on squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.^[4]

References

↑ http://www.kits2kids.com
↑ "Wilshere handed Kumuls captaincy". BBC. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
↑ Kumuls named The National, 12 October 2009
↑ http://www.rlwc2013.com/rugby-league-world-news/article/1123/lam-names-png-train-on-squad

v t e Sheffield Eagles – current squad

1 Togaga'e 2 Turner 3 Yere 4 Armstrong 5 Taulapapa 6 Walker 7 Brambani 9 Henderson 10 Stringer 11 Knowles 12 Green 13 Hirst 14 Davey 15 Szostak 16 Straughier 17 Higgins 21 Garside 24 Esposito 25 Battye 26 Sanders 27 Scott 28 Williamson 29 Hanson 30 Ashton 32 Aston Coach: Aston

v t e Papua New Guinea squad – 2013 Rugby League World Cup

Josiah Abavu Wellington Albert Nene MacDonald David Mead Richard Kambo Jessie-Joe Nandye Francis Paniu Jason Tali Menzie Yere Dion Aiye Israel Eliab Ase Boas Roger Laka Ray Thompson Enoch Maki Mark Mexico Paul Aiton Joe Bruno Charlie Wabo Jason Chan Neville Costigan Sebastien Pandia Larsen Marabe Coach: Lam

v t e Papua New Guinea squad – 2008 Rugby League World Cup

Wilshere (C) Aiton Aizue Aston Chan Costigan Exton Gene Griffin Keppa Kolo Kui Maori Moni Mead Nightingale Parker Peters Pora Prior Slain Wabo Yere Coach: Lam

Persondata
Name	Yere, Menzie
Alternative names
Short description	Papua New Guinean rugby league player
Date of birth	24 October 1983
Place of birth	Simbu
Date of death
Place of death

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