They’re both big, strong finishers for the teams and in this week’s head-to-head we look at Nene Macdonald and Manu Vatuvei.
Macdonald is co-leading the Titans top try-scoring account for the year with Anthony Don on nine tries. The Papua New Guinean international has been a great attacking asset for the Titans under the high-ball reeling in five Tyrone Roberts cross-field kicks for tries.
Vatuvei has had a disrupted season but is finding his form and was great in the Warriors golden-point win over the Panthers last week running for a 118 metres.
Let’s see how their stats stand up.
Nene Macdonald
Career NRL games: 39
Age: 22
Weight: 100kg Height: 192cm
First Grade Debut: Sydney Roosters vs Canterbury Bulldogs (Rd 11, 2014)
Average metres per game: 130.2
Average tackles per game: 6.7
Average runs per game: 13.6
Line breaks: 1
Tries: 9
Try Assists: 2
Manu Vatuvei
Career NRL games: 273
Age: 30
Weight: 107kg Height: 189cm
Debut: Warriors vs South Sydney (Rd 11, 2004)
Average metres per game: 117.4
Average tackles per game: 3.5
Average runs per game: 12.8
Line breaks: 4
Tries: 4
