32 Facts About Josh Mansour

Joshua Mansour is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a winger.

Josh Mansour previously played for the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and for Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup.

Josh Mansour is of Lebanese and Cuban descent through his father, Fidel, who was born north of Beirut, Lebanon, and is of Portuguese descent through his mother, Angie, who was born in the Madeira archipelago.

Josh Mansour played junior rugby league for the St Johns Eagles and the Kingsgrove Colts, and attended Holy Spirit College in Lakemba during his high school years.

Josh Mansour represented Lebanon in the 2009 European Cup, and played for the Junior Kangaroos in 2010.

Josh Mansour graduated to South Sydney's full-time training squad in 2011, playing for their feeder team, the North Sydney Bears, in the New South Wales Cup.

Josh Mansour was named the Panthers rookie of the year after playing in 14 matches and scoring 7 tries in his debut year.

On 5 March, Josh Mansour extended his contract with the club to the end of the 2014 season.

Josh Mansour played in 14 matches and scored 4 tries in 2013.

Josh Mansour finished the season as the Panthers highest tryscorer with 15 tries in 22 matches.

Josh Mansour was named in the Lebanon 48-man train-on squad ahead of two 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers against South Africa, however he didn't take part in either match.

At the 2016 Dally M Awards night, Josh Mansour was awarded as the Winger of the Year.

Josh Mansour finished the season with 25 matches and being the Panthers highest try-scorer with 16 tries.

On 4 June 2017, Josh Mansour played his first game for the season after returning from a serious knee injury.

On 2 September 2017, Josh Mansour played his 100th NRL game against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.

Josh Mansour played in a match against France and then played in the match against Lebanon where he marked up against lookalike Abbas Miski.

Australia went on to win The 2017 World Cup but Josh Mansour did not feature in the final.

Josh Mansour started the season well for Penrith until suffering a shocking facial injury in Round 6 against the Gold Coast Titans when he was accidentally kneed in the face by Gold Coast winger Anthony Don.

On 17 April, Josh Mansour signed a three-year contract extension to stay at Penrith until the end of the 2021 season.

Josh Mansour started the 2019 NRL season as one of the club's first choice wingers.

On 14 May 2019, Josh Mansour was demoted to reserve grade by coach Ivan Cleary as Penrith had only won 2 out of 9 matches to start the season.

Josh Mansour only spent the 1 week in reserve grade for Penrith before being recalled back to the first team.

Josh Mansour made a total of 19 appearances for Penrith in the 2019 NRL season and scored one try as the club finished 10th on the table and missed out on the finals for the first time since 2015.

Josh Mansour played a total of 22 games and scored 12 tries for Penrith in the 2020 NRL season as the club claimed the Minor Premiership and reached the 2020 NRL Grand Final.

On 8 November, Josh Mansour was informed by the Penrith club that he could seek an early release from his contract after learning that he would not be required for the 2021 season.

Josh Mansour told Fairfax Media columnist Danny Weidler he was summoned to meet Penrith coach Ivan Cleary and football manager Matt Cameron at a Homebush restaurant 48 hours after Penrith's grand-final loss to Melbourne where he was informed of the news.

Josh Mansour was limited to only five games for South Sydney in the 2022 NRL season where he scored two tries.

On 28 February, Josh Mansour joined Newtown for the 2023 season as a free agent.

Josh Mansour claimed he was getting mixed messages from Demetriou and accused him of being dishonest.

Josh Mansour gave an example of when he was allegedly told by Demetriou that he was going to be picked for a game but then not selected.

Josh Mansour alleged that during South Sydney's end of season team meeting he was shown on a screen of leaving players without knowing any of this information.

Josh Mansour is founder and co-owner of a podcast and YouTube show called Let's Trot Show.