Huriana Manuel
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Full nameHuriana Manuel-Carpenter
Born8 August 1986
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
.jpg) Manuel in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Huriana Manuel-Carpenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 August 1986 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Liza Mihinui (mother) Derek Carpenter (husband) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (born 8 August 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and Auckland.
Manuel was part of the Black Ferns squad that won the 2006[1][2] and 2010 Rugby World Cup's. In 2009, she was part of the Black Ferns sevens team that were runners-up at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.
Honours
In 2021, World Rugby inducted Manuel into its World Rugby Hall of Fame, alongside Osea Kolinisau, Humphrey Kayange, Cheryl McAfee, Will Carling and Jim Telfer.[3]
