Mawene Hiroti
Mawene Hiroti (born 6 March 1999) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks In the NRL.
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| Full name | Mawene Hiroti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 March 1999 Taranaki, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.
Background
Hiroti was born in Taranaki, New Zealand.
Playing career
2016
Educated at Matraville Sports High School he represented the 2016 Australian Schoolboys and the New Zealand Under 18s.[2]
2018
He played for South Sydney in their pre-season 18–8 victory over Super League team, the Wigan Warriors.[3]
Hiroti made his first grade debut for South Sydney in Round 23 2018 against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium which ended in a 38–18 loss. Hiroti spent the majority of the season playing for South Sydney's feeder club side North Sydney in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW. At the end of 2018, Hiroti was named as North Sydney's most improved player.[4]
2019
On 29 September 2019, Hiroti was named in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW team of the year.[5]
2020
Signing with Cronulla-Sutherland prior to the 2020 season, Hiroti spent the majority of the season training with the clubs’ feeder side Newtown before the reserve grade season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He made two appearances with the top-flight squad in 2020.
2021
After both of Cronulla's usual wingers were struck with injury, Hiroti took a bigger role with the NRL side to open the 2021 NRL season, managing six appearances through the first eight rounds, managing four tries.[6]
On 2 September, Hiroti signed a one-year extension to remain at Cronulla for the 2022 season.[7] Hiroti played 15 games for Cronulla in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club narrowly miss the finals by finishing 9th on the table.[8]
2022 & 2023
Hiroti made only two appearances for Cronulla in the 2022 NRL season. In the 2023 NRL sesaon, Hiroti made just the one appearance for Cronulla where he scored a try in the clubs round 23 victory over South Sydney.[9]
Statistics
NRL
- Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2022 season[1]
| Season | Team | Matches | T | G | GK % | F/G | Pts |
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| 2018 |  South Sydney |
1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 |  Cronulla-Sutherland |
2 | 1 | 4/5 | 80.00% | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 | 14 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Career totals | 24 | 8 | 4/5 | 80.00% | 0 | 40 | |
References
- Rugby League Project
- "League: Kiwi Mawene Hiroti tipped for NRL debut with South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2018". The New Zealand Herald. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "South Sydney 18 Wigan 8". Sky Sports. 17 February 2018.
- "Presentation Night". North Sydney Bears.
- "2019 Canterbury Cup NSW Team of the Year". NSWRL.
- "Mawene Hiroti". Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "'Incredibly proud': Reformed bad boy retires as Tigers get 750k cap boost: NRL Transfer Centre". www.foxsports.com.au.
- "Papenhuyzen back to best as Storm secure minor premiership". www.nrl.com.
- "Sydney Roosters score 'wild' 13-12 NRL elimination final win over Cronulla Sharks, Penrith Panthers beat Warriors". www.abc.net.au.