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Erin Clark

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Weight
  
94 kg (14 st 11 lb)

Height
  
1.8 m

2017–
  
New Zealand Warriors

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Born
  
6 September 1997 (age 19) Auckland, New Zealand (
1997-09-06
)

Position
  
Five-eighth, Halfback, Hooker

Date joined
  
2016 (New Zealand Warriors)

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Erin Clark (born 9 September 1997) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at five-eighth, halfback and hooker. Clark is a Samoa international representative.

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Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Clark is of Māori and Samoan descent. Clark is the son of New Zealand Netball great Temepara Bailey. Clark played his junior football for the Manurewa Marlins and Point Chevalier Pirates and was educated at Manurewa High School before being signed by the New Zealand Warriors. Clark represented the New Zealand Residents 18s and the New Zealand Secondary Schools in 2014. In 2014, Clark won the major rugby league accolade at the 2014 ASB Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards.

Playing career

In 2015, Clark was an NYC rookie and was the only player in the Junior Warriors’ squad to appear in all 27 matches in the season.

On 7 May 2016, Clark played for Samoa against Tonga in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, where he played off the interchange bench in the 18-6 win at Parramatta Stadium. Later in the year he represented Samoa in a test match against Fiji in Apia, playing off the interchange bench in their 18-20 loss.

References

Erin Clark Wikipedia