Manu Vatuvei: Exit the Beast.

[Fufu Andronez]

Manu will go down as the best winger in the history of the warriors.

The impact he has on the young blokes at the club is immense, all the young Pacific islander boys look up to him. He's like a 3rd starting front rower, wouldn't be many games where he didn't run over 100m, and they would be the hardest metres on offer, generally play one off a kick. Pretty underrated aerially as well.

Club legend with a tonne of Mana

 

[flamin]

Farewell Manu.

Holds the honour of being the first (only?) player in NRL history to score 10 tries or more in 10 consecutive seasons - a record that flies in the face of those who question his consistency.

 

[Rabbit toes]

Never heard of the f**ker

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Never heard of the f**ker

He was that guy who got run down by Scott Sattler in the 2003 GF.

Glad I could help.

 

[Danish]

Always entertaining, probably even more so as a neutral.

His best moment IMO was setting up the match winning try against the storm in 2008, handing the warriors their first finals football in Auckland in some time (then proceeded to f**king destroy my side over there).

His consistent tribute to Sonny Fai also showed him a true class act.

He'll be an unstoppable machine in the ESL

 

[Jason Maher]

Good player, and very entertaining. Sad to see him gone.

 

[THE CHAMP]

It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt - Mark Twain

epic irony

 

[Life's Good]

Great player, great career. His fearless kick returns/first hits were never soft. Most memorable for me will be the grin after a try or big tackle.

 

[Fangs]

Great player. And a great smile to boot.

A shame that Taniela Tuaki and Manu Vatuvei never got to play in a test match together. Would have been just about the scariest wing combination in history.

 

[Red Bear]

I was at his debut against Souths, was just in Sydney for some reason. Two high flying clubs at that point in 2004. Didnt expect him to go on to such a career.

Entertaining player. Good luck to him. Hopefully another Auckland nines at some point for him to have one last Warriors run around

 

[McLovin]

Average at best. Was never safe enough on the wing.

 

[Lambretta]

Lol you sad merkins choose the weirdest shit to dogpile on

You are correct, but not for the reason you think you are

Think about it

 

[Hutty1986]

Always loved to watch the big fella play, at his best he was just about unstoppable. Just seems like a bloke that genuinely loves his footy and relishes the chance to go out there and run around with his mates every weekend. Hope he rips into them over in the ESL, you know he will give it his all. Champion player,

 

[umina panther]

My favourite Manu memory is when I said he was dodgy under the high ball on a facebook post. Then to have his sister send me abusive msgs. Many lols were had

 

[Amin Yashed]

Lol you sad merkins choose the weirdest shit to dogpile on

Surprising that you've actually heard of him.

 

[Hawkins]

His face was always so punchable when he scored.

Won't miss that.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

His face was always so punchable when he scored.

Pretty sure that's his and Mrs Vatuvei's business.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

His face was always so punchable when he scored.

Won't miss that.

TBF Raiders fans probably copped the Manu smile more than most teams. He had an absolutely golden run against your lot for a couple of seasons.

 

[rupertpupkin]

A fantastic player. One of the rare ones that could do the job of winger and prop. I was at the Tigers vs Warriors semi and Manu started with the big runup hitups through the middle, bashing the Tigers like bowling pins. This was in the first half and at that moment, I knew we were toast. Good luck Manu, you were awesome.

 

[The Charlatan]

Always enjoyed watching him Tongan side step his opposition on the charge to the line.

Except when it was against the Tigers.

I wish him the best in the UK, he'll probably score 150 odd tries in two seasons.