Mason Lino
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 4 February 1994 Apia, Samoa |
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| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015– | NZ Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 6 September 2015 | ||||||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Mason Lino is a Samoan professional rugby league player who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League.
Early years
Lino was a Marist Saints junior and attended Avondale College.[2]
Playing career
2012
Lino trialled for the New Zealand Warriors' NYC squad in 2012, earning a place in the squad. He finished the season as the team's top points-scorer with 144 points in 23 games. He attended an NRL rookie camp on the 24 and 25 November 2012.[3]
2013
Lino scored 147 points for the Junior Warriors in 2013, taking his total to 281 from 41 appearances.[2] The side lost the 2013 Holden Cup grand final 30-42. He also played for the Junior Kiwis in their 26-38 loss to the Junior Kangaroos on 13 October 2013.
2014
In 2014, he co-captained the Junior Warriors Holden Cup team in their 34-32 grand final victory over the Brisbane Broncos, kicking five conversions out of six and finishing the match on the pitch despite suffering a partial shoulder dislocation.[4] He finished his Holden Cup career with 503 points from 62 appearances, becoming the third most-capped Junior Warrior behind Ben Henry and John Palavi.[5]
2015
Lino had signed with AS Carcassonne for the 2015 season, but the contract was cancelled after his shoulder dislocation in the 2014 Holden Cup grand final. Instead, Lino re-signed with the Warriors to play in their New South Wales Cup squad.[4]
He made his NRL debut on 22 August 2015 against the North Queensland Cowboys, replacing an injured Chad Townsend.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Mason Lino rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mason Lino warriors.kiwi
- ↑ Junior Warriors at NRL Annual Rookie Camp rleague.com, 23 November 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Late Mail:Lino to Make NRL Debut warriors.kiwi
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
