Esau Mann

Esau Mann
Personal information
Born 11 May 1971
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–1996 Counties Manukau 73 23 0 0 92
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1992–2000 Tonga 3 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Esau Mann (born 11 May 1971) is a Tongan former rugby league player who represented his country at the 2000 World Cup. He is a cousin and brother of fellow internationals Duane and George Mann.

Playing career

With the launch of the Lion Red Cup in 1994 Mann joined the Counties Manukau Heroes. He was part of the side that lost the 1994 Lion Red Cup grand final. Mann played in 73 Lion Red Cup matches over the three seasons of the competition, a record.[1]

With the demise of the competition in 1997 Mann joined the Mangere East Hawks.[2]

Mann also had a stint with the Narrandera Lizards in Group 20 Rugby League.

In 1999 Mann played for Auckland South in the national provincial championship.[3]

With the inaugural season of the Bartercard Cup in 2000, Mann joined the Otahuhu Leopards who lost the grand final.[4]

Mann then spent 2001 in the Canberra Cup competition, playing for the West Belconnen Warriors.

Representative career

Mann played for Tonga for over eight years, including at the 1992 Pacific Cup and at the 2000 World Cup.[2][5]

Mann captained the New Zealand Residents in 2000.[6]

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jessup, Peter (20 October 1999). "Rugby League: Tongans not planning rough stuff". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Esau Mann leads Auckland to good win over unfit Stags Sunday Star-Times, 21 March 1999
  4. ↑ Sizzling Sione leads way The Press, 18 September 2000
  5. ↑ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 1-86969-331-0. ISBN 9781869693312.
  6. ↑ NZ Residents end trip with a flourish The Press, 27 July 2000