Maunga Emery

Hone Komanga "Maunga" Emery (2 April 1933 – 1 September 2011) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in rugby league and the New Zealand Māori in rugby union.

Maunga Emery

Personal information
Full name	Hone Komanga Emery[1]
Born	(1933-04-02)2 April 1933 New Zealand
Died	1 September 2011(2011-09-01) (aged 78) Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand
Playing information
Rugby union
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1952–1957 Combined Services 1954–1959 Auckland 1954–1958 New Zealand Māori
Rugby league
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Glenora Bears Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1961–1967 Auckland 1961–66 New Zealand 23 3 0 0 9 1962–67 New Zealand Māori
Source: [2]

Rugby union career

Emery represented Auckland between 1954 and 1959 and played for New Zealand Māori from 1954 to 1958.^[3] Between 1952 and 1957 he also played for the Combined Services side.^[4]

Rugby league career

Emery played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He made his New Zealand national rugby league team debut in 1961 against Australia. That same year Emery was also part of the Auckland side that defeated Australia for the first time.^[5]

Emery played for Auckland between 1961 and 1966 and New Zealand Māori in 1962 and 1967.^[4]

He finished his career having played 23 Test matches for New Zealand.

Family

Emery is the grandfather of New Zealand rugby league international Stacey Jones.^[6] His Great Great grand nephew, Jason Emery, made the New Zealand Schools rugby union team in 2010.(this article incorrectly calls him Jason's great grand father)^[7]

Emery died on 1 September 2011 at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, aged 79.^[3][8]

References

1. Maunga Emery scrum.com
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "League great Hone 'Maunga' Emery dies". stuff.co.nz. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4. Maunga Emery Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine maorisportsawards
5. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
6. Coffey and Wood The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League ISBN 1-86971-090-8
7. Emery boasts legends' genes Manawatu Standard, 29 September 2010
8. Johnson, Chloe (4 September 2011). "Hone Emery was a great influence". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2015.