Ex-Storm premiership player Manu to retire

NRL premiership-winning forward Sika Manu has announced he will retire from rugby league at the end of the current Super League season.

The 32-year-old has had a decorated career, winning the World Cup, World Club Challenge, NRL premiership and two Challenge Cups, the latter while at Hull FC.

Manu made his NRL debut for Melbourne Storm in 2007 and signed off with a grand final victory five years later before moving to Penrith Panthers ahead of the 2013 season.

He was part of New Zealand’s 2008 World Cup-winning team in Australia before switching his allegiance to Tonga in 2013, playing at the past two World Cups and captaining them in the 2017 edition.

Manu arrived in Super League in 2016 and helped Hull to their maiden victory at Wembley in the Challenge Cup later that year against Warrington, before successfully defending the trophy in 2017 against Wigan.

“It’s been an amazing journey with plenty of highs and lows along the way. I feel very lucky that I am able to finish up here at Hull FC,” Manu said.

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