Henari Veratau

Henari Veratau
Personal information
Born (1984-01-03) 3 January 1984 (age 40)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003 Sydney Roosters 2 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002 Papua New Guinea
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Centre
Current team Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
Youth career
- Eastern Suburbs
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Sunnybank 20 (15)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005 Brumbies 6 ()
2006 Reds 14 (15)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016 Papua New Guinea

Henari Veratau (born 3 January 1984) is a Papua New Guinean international rugby union professional footballer who played for the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies, who originally played rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.[1] His position is at centre and wing. He signed for French Pro D2 club Racing Métro 92 Paris in August 2008.

Background

Veratau was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

He went to The Scots College in Sydney, winning the Honour Cap in Year 12 in 2001.

Career

In 2009, he signed with the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Rugby Team (Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars) in Kanagawa, Japan.

He took part to the 2016 Cup of Nations with Papua New Guinea[2]

References

  1. ^ "Brumbies snare NRL winger". The Age. Melbourne. 31 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Super duo in Pukpuks". 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021.