Duane Darrin Mann was born on 28 June 1965 and is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s and coached in the 2000s.
16 Facts About Duane Mann
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Duane Mann is the cousin of fellow New Zealand and Tongan international, George.
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Duane Mann attended Kelston Boys High School and played for the Glenora Bears from schoolboys right up to premier grade.
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Duane Mann was selected to represent Tonga at the 1988 Pacific Cup in Apia, Samoa.
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In 1989 Duane Mann signed for the Warrington Wolves in the English Championship.
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Duane Mann played for three seasons in England before returning home to Auckland and playing a season for the North Harbour Sea Eagles who he captained to win the 1994 Lion Red Cup.
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Duane Mann was signed by the Auckland Warriors who were to enter the Australian Rugby League competition in 1995, and played in the club's inaugural match.
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Duane Mann left the Warriors in 1996 and returned to win the Lion Red Cup, as captain of the Counties Manukau Heroes.
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Duane Mann captained and won three successive Fox Memorial Championships with the Glenora Bears in the 1997,1998 and 1999 Auckland Rugby League competition and again represented Auckland in the 1997 Super League Challenge Cup.
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Duane Mann was occasionally involved in coaching with the Tongan national side, and in 2006 he was co-coach of the team that won the Pacific Cup.
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Duane Mann has worked in the sport and education sector for over 15 years and has run his own retail business and corporate training.
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Duane Mann served for a time as the New Zealand Warriors Junior Development Coach.
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Duane Mann has held positions as the coaching development manager with Regional Sports Trusts and the Greater Auckland Coaching Unit, and New Zealand Rugby League's high performance director.
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In 2024, Duane Mann was drafted in to make his debut on episode 2 of Match Fit: Union vs League as a medical substitute for Henry Fa'afili, who pulled out before the bronco test due to atrial fibrillation.
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Duane Mann gained clearance to substitute when he metabolic age came out -11 against his biological age and finished at 6:37 on his initial bronco test.
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Duane Mann made it to a perfect -15 metabolic age at the end of the 15 weeks.