Emry Pere

Emry Pere (born 8 September 1998) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Burleigh Bears in the Queensland Cup.

Emry Pere
Personal information
Born (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998
Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 North Qld Cowboys 2 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 25 October 2022

He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.

Background

Born in Huntly, New Zealand, Pere is of Māori descent and played his junior rugby league for Taniwharau. At age 9, he moved to Australia, where he played junior rugby league for the Helensvale Hornets and attended Keebra Park State High School.[2][3] He later attended The Southport School, where he played for their rugby union side.[4][5] He was a member of the Gold Coast Titans development squads before signing with the North Queensland Cowboys.[6]

Playing career

In 2014, Pere played for Gold Coast Green in the Cyril Connell Cup, moving up to their Mal Meninga Cup side in 2015.[7] In 2016, he moved to Townsville, playing in the Townsville Blackhawks Mal Meninga Cup-winning side.[8] Later that year, he made his debut for the North Queensland Cowboys under-20 side and was selected in the Queensland under-18 team.[9][10] In 2017, he again played for the North Queensland Cowboys under-20 side and represented the Junior Kiwis.[11]

In 2018, Pere joined North Queensland's NRL squad and spent the season playing for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup.[12] In October 2018, he once again represented the Junior Kiwis.[13] In 2019, he switched feeder clubs to the Mackay Cutters, playing 22 games for them that season.[14]

2020

On 31 July, Pere re-signed with the North Queensland club until the end of the 2022 season.[15] In Round 13 of the 2020 NRL season, Pere made his NRL debut for the North Queensland Cowboys against the Gold Coast.[16] Pere played just one other NRL game in 2020, coming off the bench in a Round 19 loss to the Penrith Panthers.

Statistics

NRL

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[17]
Season Team Matches T G GK % F/G Pts
2020 North Queensland 20000
Career totals 2 0 0 0 0

References

  1. RLP
  2. "Pere continues whānau legacy in Jnr Kiwis jumper". Te Ao Maori News. 9 October 2018.
  3. "Congratulations to Emry Pere from our 14 Prems". Helensvale Hornets. 3 September 2012.
  4. "QLD GPS R5 Game of the Round: Nudgee vs Southport". Green & Gold Rugby. 28 August 2014.
  5. "Queensland GPS R1: Home Sweet Home". Green & Gold Rugby. 24 July 2015.
  6. "Congratulations Riki Clemens, Emry Pere & Bailey Court". Helensvale Hornets. 9 February 2013.
  7. "Rd 1 Connell & Meninga Cup results". QRL. 28 February 2015.
  8. "National glory beckons for Blackhawks Mal Meninga side". Townsville Blackhawks. 12 May 2016.
  9. "LeagueUnlimited Holden Cup NYC U20s Teams – 2016 Round 22". League Unlimited. 2 August 2016.
  10. "Qld Under 18 team". QRL. 8 June 2016.
  11. "Junior Kiwis ANZAC Test team named". Auckland Rugby League. 1 May 2017.
  12. "Season review: Emry Pere". NQ Cowboys. 26 October 2018.
  13. "Cup players named for Junior Kiwis". QRL. 3 October 2018.
  14. "Emry Pere has bided his time below Cowboys big guns, but that stops this season". Townsville Bulletin. 26 November 2019.
  15. "Cowboys re-sign forward trio". NQ Cowboys. 31 July 2020.
  16. "Late mail: Round 13 v Titans". NQ Cowboys. 9 August 2020.
  17. "Emry - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.


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