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26 january 2012 0 0 manly sea eagles north queensland 0 0 thursday island , queensland , australia 91 kg stlb on 2007 2009 2009 2011 182 cm ftin on 32 32 fb wg 3 july 1984 -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/michael-bani/summary.html rlp -rsb- 8 8 michael bani -lrb- 21 september 2008 -rrb- 2.jpg michael bani
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michael bani

michael bani -lrb- born 3 july 1984 in thursday island , queensland -rrb- is an indigenous australian professional rugby league player .
he is currently contracted to the canberra raiders and has previously played in the national rugby league -lrb- nrl -rrb- for the north queensland cowboys and the manly-warringah sea eagles .
he is a full-back who can also play on the wing .
bani was a late starter in rugby league , having first attempted to pursue a career in basketball .
at the age of 21 he started playing in queensland club competitions , before being picked up by the manly-warringah sea eagles in 2007 .
he made his nrl debut for manly that year and made 20 first-grade appearances for the club , scoring eight tries .
he joined the north queensland cowboys during the 2009 season in a swap that saw ben farrar move from the cowboys to manly .
bani 's contract with the cowboys expired at the end of the 2011 season .
he signed for the canberra raiders for 2012 .
in 2014 he played for the goulburn workers .
bani was named in the papua new guinea training squad for the 2008 rugby league world cup .
