Krisnan Inu

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Krisnan Inu

Personal information
Full name	Krisnan Nevada Inu
Date of birth	17 March 1987 (1987-03-17) (age 21)
Place of birth	Apia, Samoa
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lbs)
Club information
Position(s)	Centre / Wing / Fullback
Current club	Parramatta Eels
Number	2
Youth clubs
Years	Club
2006	Cabramatta
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2007 –	Parramatta Eels	23 (130)
Representative teams**
2007 –	New Zealand	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 23:21, 2 October 2007 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 20 April 2007.

Krisnan Nevada Inu (born 17 March 1987) is a New Zealand professional rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels in the Australian National Rugby League competition.

Inu made his international debut for New Zealand on Friday, 20th April for the 2007 Anzac Test against Australia at Brisbane, as a replacement for the unavailable Brent Webb after playing only one 1st Grade match in Round 4 against the Canberra Raiders. In the match he made some incredible kick returns from the like of Darren Lockyer and Jonathan Thurston.

After the test, Inu was dropped back to Premier League but returned to first grade through a series of injuries to regular players. Inu took on the kicking duties as Parramatta's primary kicker and full-back, Luke Burt, was injured mid-season.

Inu's successful season was recognised when he was nominated for Rookie of the Year at the 2007 Dally M awards but was beaten by Melbourne Storm centre Israel Folau.

Inu is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also a childhood friend of Jarryd Hayne and Israel Folau. All three of these players grew up together in the suburb of Minto in Western Sydney and were at one stage part of the same rugby team.

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