Kurt Mann (born 1 March 1993) is an Australian professional

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footballer who plays for the

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in the NRL. A utility player, he has started games in the positions of , and . He previously played for the

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and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the

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Background

Mann was born in

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, Australia and was educated at St. Brendan's College, Yeppoon. Mann played his junior rugby league for the Winton Diamantina Devils, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

In 2011 and 2012, Mann played for the Newcastle Knights'

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team. On 21 April 2012, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. On 20 June 2012, he signed a three-year contract with the

starting in 2013. He played for the Storm's

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On 20 April 2013, he again played for the Queensland under-20s team against the New South Wales under-20s team.

2014

In 2014, Mann moved on to Melbourne's

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team, the

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. In February 2014, he played for Melbourne in the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines. In round 9 of the

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, he made his NRL debut for the

, against Manly-Warringah. He played at centre and scored the match winning try on debut, in Melbourne's 22-19 win at AAMI Park. He finished off his debut year in the NRL having played in 8 matches and scored 6 tries. Furthermore, he was the awarded 2014 Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year.

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Mann played in the Melbourne club's

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campaign. On 1 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, starting in 2016. He finished off his last year with the Storm by playing in 20 matches and scoring 4 tries.

2016

In February, Mann played for St. George Illawarra in the

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. In round 1 of the

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, he made his club debut for St. George Illawarra against his former club, Melbourne, playing at fullback in the Saints 16-18 loss at AAMI Park. In round 12, against the

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, he scored his first try for St. George Illawarra. He was the club's leading try-scorer for the season with ten tries. Mann was a member of the Illawarra side which won the 2016

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with a 21-20 victory over Mounties in the final.

2017

Mann was named in St. George Illawarra's squad for the

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. He played in 21 games, scoring 7 tries for St. George Illawarra in the 2017 season.

2018

Mann played in 26 games and scored three tries for St. George Illawarra in the 2018 season. In December, he was granted a release from the final year of his St. George contract, to return to the

on a three-year contract starting in 2019.

2019

Mann played 19 games and scored five tries for Newcastle in the

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as the club finished a disappointing 11th on the table. At the start of the year, many tipped Newcastle to reach the finals after the club recruited heavily in the off-season.

2020

He made 17 appearances for Newcastle in the

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including the club's first finals game since 2013 which was an elimination finals loss against South Sydney.

2021

Mann played 22 games for Newcastle in the

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including the club's elimination finals loss against

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2022

Mann played a total of eleven matches for Newcastle in the

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as the club finished 14th on the table and missed the finals.

References

External links

Newcastle Knights profileSt. George Illawarra Dragons profileNRL profile
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