13 Facts About Menzie Yere

Emmanuel Menzie Yere was born on 24 October 1983 and is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Sheffield Eagles whom he played with in the 2000s and 2010s.

Menzie Yere is Sheffield Eagles' all-time leading try scorer with 195 tries in 292 games.

Menzie Yere is often known as "The Jukebox" because he has so many hits, referring to the large number of heavy tackles he made.

Menzie Yere surpassed Daryl Powell's career total of 114 tries, making him the club's highest all-time try scorer.

At the beginning of 2018, it became apparent Menzie Yere would have trouble starting the season for the Eagles.

However, Menzie Yere's visa was finally cleared in May 2018 thus ending his longest spell without playing in his career.

In 2010, his club discovered that Menzie Yere had been buying kit and taking unwanted kit to send back to his home country, where kit shortage is a problem.

Therefore, the Sheffield Eagles' Supporters Trust began a campaign to raise the sufficient funds for the Menzie Yere's to stay in the country.

Menzie Yere played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, where he scored one try against Australia.

Menzie Yere was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.

Papua New Guinea won the tournament with Menzie Yere scoring two tries in each the semi-final and the final.

Menzie Yere played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament scoring two tries, taking his total representative tries to 9, the most for any PNG player.

Menzie Yere was selected by coach Adrian Lam as part of the train-on squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.