Born: March 4, 1986 - Auckland
Test record: 28 Tests (2005-10, 2012-15) - 22 tries (88 points)
Tours: 2005 Tri Nations, 2008 World Cup, 2010 Four Nations, 2013 World Cup, 2014 Four Nations
Giant winger Manu Vatuvei became New Zealand's greatest Test tryscorer in a Kiwis tenure spanning a decade, as well as the most prolific non-Australian tryscoring in premiership history during 14 seasons with the Warriors.
The Otara Scorpions and Ōtāhuhu Leopards junior was spotted early by the Warriors and represented the Junior Kiwis in 2003-04, making his NRL debut as an 18-year-old during the latter season.
Nine tries in 12 appearances for the Warriors in 2005 earned Vatuvei a Kiwis call-up for the Tri Nations tournament at the end of the year. Still only 19, he debuted in a 38-28 win over Australia in Sydney, scored a try in a vital 42-26 defeat of Great Britain in London and scored two tries in New Zealand's watershed 24-0 rout of the Kangaroos in the Leeds final. He was named RLIF Rookie of the Year.
Vatuvei again featured in all five of the Kiwis' matches during the 2006 Tri Nations, dotting down against Australia in Auckland and Great Britain in Wellington.
After playing in the 2007 Anzac Test and bouncing back from an infamous horror performance for the Warriors against Parramatta to finish the season with 10 tries, but a knee injury ruled him out of the finals and the Kiwis' end-of-year schedule.
'The Beast' truly established himself as one of the game's premier wingers and largely shed the 'enigma' tag during an amazing 2008 season - despite some injury interruptions. He scored 16 tries in just 17 games for the Warriors, scoring a hat-trick in a demon-exorcising final round win over the Eels to secured the club's place in the finals, then producing starring roles in playoff upsets of Melbourne and Sydney Roosters.
Vatuvei parlayed that form into the World Cup, scoring New Zealand's only try in its pool loss over Australia and crossing four times in the pool victory over England. He was superb in the Kiwis' stunning 34-20 win over the Kangaroos in the Suncorp Stadium final, harassing Billy Slater towards the sideline to cause Benji Marshall's turning-point try and tapping back a bomb for Adam Blair's late match-sealer.
He was subsequently named RLIF Winger of the Year and as one of David Middleton's five players of the year in The Official Rugby League Annual.
A shining light in the Warriors' dismal 2009 campaign with 13 tries, Vatuvei scored a try in New Zealand's 38-10 Anzac Test loss in Brisbane but missed the Four Nations later that year.
The 24-year-old blazed in for a career-high 20 tries in only 19 appearances for the Warriors in 2010, winning the club's Player of the Year award. He returned to the Kiwis line-up with two tries in a Four Nations warm-up against Samoa but suffered a broken arm in their tournament opener against England.
An early-season injury also ruled Vatuvei out of the 2011 Anzac Test, but he was again a menace on the flank for the Warriors as they stormed to a shock grand final appearance from sixth. He scored a second-half try in the decider to spark a late revival in an eventual 24-10 loss to Manly in the decider, before sitting out the Four Nations tour to England.
Vatuvei captained the spiralling Warriors for a stint in 2012 and played in the Anzac Test at Eden Park, but the next two seasons saw arguably the best sustained form of his career.
An aerial specialist, a tackle-buster supreme and remarkably quick and agile for his 110kg-plus frame, he scored 16 tries for the Warriors in 2013, before grabbing a hat-trick in a World Cup pool win over Samoa and a try in the quarter-final defeat of Scotland. He was arguably New Zealand's best in the deflating 34-2 loss to Australia in the final at Old Trafford.
Vatuvei was on fire again for the Warriors in 2014 - crossing for 17 tries - and was sensational in the Kiwis' Four Nations triumph, despite missing the tournament-opening win over the Kangaroos in Brisbane. He scored a try in the 16-14 eclipse of England in Dunedin, then bagged a magnificent double in the 22-18 win over Australia in the Wellington final - taking him past Nigel Vagana (19) as New Zealand's top tryscorer in Test football.
The veteran played only one more match for the Kiwis, but it was another sizzling two-try effort in an upset of the Kangaroos in 2015. Vatuvei received the inaugural Charles Savory Medal as man of the match in New Zealand's drought-breaking 26-12 Anzac Test victory.
An injury-interrupted 2015 campaign at NRL level couldn't prevent him from becoming the first player in premiership history to score 10 tries in 10 consecutive seasons. He also passed Vagana as the highest non-Australian tryscorer the competition had ever seen, a tally Vatuvei eventually extended to 152 tries in 226 games for the Warriors - 11th-equal of all time when he departed the club during an injury-wrecked 2017 season.
Vatuvei finished 2017 with Super League outfit Salford City and played one match for Tonga at the World Cup, which would ultimately prove his last game as injury struck him down in the following pre-season.