Mason Lino
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4 February 1994 Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mason Lino is a Samoan professional rugby league player who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.
Early years
Lino was a Marist Saints junior and attended Avondale College.[2]
Playing career
2012
Lino trialled for the New Zealand Warriors' NYC squad in 2012, earning a place in the squad. He finished the season as the team's top points-scorer with 144 points in 23 games. He attended an NRL rookie camp on the 24 and 25 November 2012.[3]
2013
Lino scored 147 points for the Junior Warriors in 2013, taking his total to 281 from 41 appearances.[2] The side lost the 2013 Holden Cup grand final 30-42. He also played for the Junior Kiwis in their 26-38 loss to the Junior Kangaroos on 13 October 2013.
He was named in the Samoan train-on squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.[4] He did not make the squad after the cut to 25 players. [5]
2014
In 2014, he co-captained the Junior Warriors Holden Cup team in their 34-32 grand final victory over the Brisbane Broncos, kicking five conversions out of six and finishing the match on the pitch despite suffering a partial shoulder dislocation.[6] He finished his Holden Cup career with 503 points from 62 appearances, becoming the third most-capped Junior Warrior behind Ben Henry and John Palavi.[7]
2015
Lino had signed with AS Carcassonne for the 2015 season, but the contract was cancelled after his shoulder dislocation in the 2014 Holden Cup grand final. Instead, Lino re-signed with the Warriors to play in their New South Wales Cup squad.[6]
He made his NRL debut on 22 August 2015 against the North Queensland Cowboys, replacing an injured Chad Townsend.[7][8]
2016
On 8 October, Lino made his international debut for Samoa in their test match against Fiji in Apia.
2017
Lino played for the Warriors in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines.[9]
Lino signed a two-year contact, until the end of the 2019 season.[10]
References
- ↑ Mason Lino rugbyleagueproject.org
- 1 2 Mason Lino warriors.kiwi
- ↑ Junior Warriors at NRL Annual Rookie Camp Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. rleague.com, 23 November 2012
- ↑ "Samoa name strong train-on squad". RLWC2013. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ Samoa call up new Salford star Tony Puletua Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. skysports.com, 5 November 2013
- 1 2 "Warriors offer young star Mason Lino a lifeline". stuff.co.nz. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- 1 2 Late Mail:Lino to Make NRL Debut warriors.kiwi
- ↑ "Chad Townsend replaced by Mason Lino for Warriors game against Cowboys". stuff.co.nz. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ "Warriors have no regrets over resting stars despite early exit from Nines". Stuff. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ Media, NRL Digital. "[Signings] New deals for six". Retrieved 15 June 2017.