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Huriana Manuel
Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (born 8 August 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and Auckland.
Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (born 8 August 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays for the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's sevens team and Auckland.
Manuel was part of the Black Ferns squad that won the 2006 and 2010 Rugby World Cup's. In 2009, she was part of the Black Ferns sevens team that were runners-up at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai.
In 2021, World Rugby inducted Manuel into its World Rugby Hall of Fame, alongside Osea Kolinisau, Humphrey Kayange, Cheryl McAfee, Will Carling and Jim Telfer.
Of Māori descent, Manuel affiliates to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāpuhi iwi. Manuel's mother, Liza Mihinui, is a former Black Fern. They are the first mother and daughter to play for the Black Ferns.
In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 season of Celebrity Treasure Island.
- Huriana Manuel-Carpenter at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Huriana Manuel-Carpenter at the World Rugby Hall of Fame
- Huriana Manuel-Carpenter (née Manuel) at the Black Ferns (archive)
- Huriana Manuel at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Huriana Manuel at Olympics.com
- Huriana Manuel at Olympedia
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