Josh Mansour

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Josh Mansour
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Personal information
Born (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 33)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012– Penrith Panthers 73 36 0 0 144
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009 Lebanon 3 3 0 0 12
2014 Australia 4 1 0 0 4
2014 Prime Minister's XIII 1 1 0 0 4
2016 City Origin 1 1 0 0 4
2016 New South Wales 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Josh Mansour (born 17 June 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League. Mansour's position of choice is at Wing. Mansour is an Australian and Lebanese national, Prime Minister's XIII and City Origin representative.

Early years

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Mansour is of Lebanese, Portuguese and Cuban descent and played his junior rugby league for St Johns Eagles and Kingsgrove Colts. He was signed up by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and played in their NYC team in 2008-2010. Mansour was selected in 2010 for Winger of the Year NYC and was chosen as the NYC Player of the Year at the Rabbitohs.[2] He played Junior Kangaroos in 2010 against the Junior Kiwis and played for Lebanon in the 2009 European Cup.[3][4] Mansour graduated to South Sydney's full-time training squad in 2011 but did not play in a match.

Playing career

2012

In Round 9, Mansour made his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers at Penrith Stadium on the wing in the 44-10 loss against the Melbourne Storm despite scoring a try on debut.[5] He was named the Panthers Rookie of the Year after playing in 14 matches and scoring 7 tries in his debut year.

2013

On 5 March, Mansour extended his contract with the club to the end of the 2014 season.[6] In Round 23 against the New Zealand Warriors, Mansour scored a spectacular put down of the ball just before going into the in goal in the 28-24 win at Mt Smart Stadium.[7] Mansour played in 14 matches and scored 4 tries in 2013.

2014

In February, Mansour played in the Panthers inaugural Auckland Nines squad.[8] On 3 June, he re-signed, keeping him at the Panthers until the end of the 2016 season after declining a lucrative offer from the Canberra Raiders.[9] Mansour finished the season as the Panthers highest tryscorer with 15 tries in 22 matches.

On 12 October, Mansour played on the wing and scored a try for Prime Minister's XIII in the 34-16 win over Papua New Guinea.[10] Mansour made his Australia international debut against New Zealand Kiwis on 25 October in the Four Nations where the Kiwis won 30-12 at Suncorp Stadium.[11] Mansour scored his first try in the Green and Gold of Australia against Samoa in Australia's 44-18 victory at WIN Stadium.[12] Mansour played on the wing in Australia's 22-18 Four Nations Final loss against New Zealand.[13]

2015

Mansour scored 6 tries from 12 games in 2015. He 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.[14]

2016

On 22 February 2016, Mansour was named in the Panthers 2016 Auckland Nines squad.[15] On 8 May 2016, Mansour played for City against Country, where he played on the wing and scored a try in the 44-30 win in Tamworth.[16] On the 23rd of may 2016, Mansour was selected for the NSW Blues origin team for game 1.

References

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  16. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/young-city-side-stun-country/tabid/10874/newsid/95694/default.aspx

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