Menzie Yere

Menzie Yere

Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Yere
Born	24 October 1983 (1983-10-24) (age 28) Simbu, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–	Sheffield Eagles	79	52	0	0	208
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008–2010	Papua New Guinea	8	9	0	0	36
As of 31 January 2012

Emmanuel Menzie Yere (born 24 October 1983) is a rugby league player who currently plays for Sheffield Eagles in England. He is a Papua New Guinea international. After two successful years at the Eagles, Yere signed a further three year contract to extend his stay.

In 2010, the club discovered that Yere had been buying kit (particularly boots) and taking unwanted kit to send back to his home country, where kit shortage is a problem. With Yere's support they set up kits2kids, a charity that collects kit from companies, clubs, schools and individuals and ships it to PNG.^[1]

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

Representative career

Yere played for PNG in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, where he scored one try against Australia.^[2]

Yere was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.^[3]

He 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.

References

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