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Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
17 June 1990 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 19 March 2017 Source: |
Josh Mansour (Arabic: جوش منصور; 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, New South Wales State of Origin, Prime Minister's XIII and City Origin representative.
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. He played Junior Kangaroos in 2010 against the Junior Kiwis and played for Lebanon in the 2009 European Cup. Mansour graduated to South Sydney's full-time training squad in 2011 but did not play in a match.
In Round 9, Mansour made his NRL debut for the Panthers at Penrith Stadium on the wing in the 44-10 loss against the Melbourne Storm despite scoring a try on debut. He was named the Panthers Rookie of the Year after playing in 14 matches and scoring 7 tries in his debut year.