Deine Mariner

Deine Mariner
Personal information
Born (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003[1]
Auckland, New Zealand
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2022– Brisbane Broncos 63 38 0 0 152
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2024–25 Samoa 5 3 0 0 12
Source: [2]
As of 27 August 2026

Deine Mariner (born 25 April 2003) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, with whom he won the 2025 NRL Grand Final.

Background

Mariner's father, Lapi, is a musician. Mariner's background is of Samoan, Tongan, English (William Charles Mariner), American Samoan and Dutch descent.[3] Mariner was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2021; however, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, no matches were played.[4] Mariner is first cousins with All Blacks Winger Caleb Clarke.

Career

2022

Mariner made his first grade debut for Brisbane against Wests Tigers in round 20 of the 2022 NRL season.[5]

2023

During Brisbane's game against the New Zealand Warriors in round 13 of the 2023 season, Mariner scored two tries - his first points in the NRL - while playing on the wing. In round 24, Mariner scored two tries for Brisbane in their 54-10 victory over Parramatta. Mariner played four games with Brisbane throughout the season scoring five tries.[6]

2024

In round 2 of the 2024 NRL season, Mariner scored two tries for Brisbane in their 28-18 victory over South Sydney.[7] In round 15, Mariner scored two tries for Brisbane in their 22-12 upset loss against South Sydney.[8] In round 20, Mariner scored two tries for Brisbane in their 30-14 victory over Newcastle.[9] Mariner played 21 games for Brisbane in the 2024 NRL season and scored 17 tries which saw the club miss the finals finishing 12th on the table.[10]

2025

In round 8 of the 2025 NRL season, Mariner scored two tries and was also sin binned in Brisbane's 42-18 victory over Canterbury.[11] In week three of the 2025 NRL finals series, Mariner scored the match winning try in a 16-14 win over the Penrith Panthers, ending their four-year dynasty. Mariner played 19 matches for Brisbane, including the clubs 26-22 victory against the Melbourne Storm in the 2025 NRL Grand Final, where he scored two tries[12]

2026

On 19 February, Mariner played in Brisbane's World Club Challenge loss against Hull Kingston Rovers.[13] During The Broncos round 9 loss to the Roosters, Mariner hours after the match was rushed to hospital after suffering from Compartment syndrome in his thigh, he required 'limb saving surgery' and would be ruled out indefinitely.[14] [15] On 20 May, Mariner had returned to Broncos training after requiring multiple operations to close the wound on his leg.[16]

Statistics and Honours

Year Team Games Tries Pts
2022 Brisbane Broncos 2
2023 4 5 20
2024 21 17 68
2025 19 12 48
2026 12 3 12
Totals 58 37 148

Honours

Individual

Team

References

  1. ↑ "NRL / NRLW Players - Super league players". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Deine Mariner - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
  3. ↑ "Tuioti Lapi Mariner raring to go for special USA appearance". The World News. 17 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "2021 Australian Schoolboys Merit Team announced". 30 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Round 20 team lists". NRL.com. 30 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "'Put a line through': Eels disaster leaves season in ruins as Broncos run riot". www.news.com.au.
  7. ↑ "'Genius' Walsh stuns... but Broncos left reeling after Reynolds blow as errors cost Bunnies". www.foxsports.com.au. 14 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "NRL live updates: Canberra Raiders vs North Queensland Cowboys, South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Brisbane Broncos — blog, scores and stats". ABC News. 14 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Reynolds reignites finals dreams as Walsh crushes tame Knights — What we learned". www.foxsports.com.au. 20 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "'Really can't hide': Queensland superstars back under-siege Walters amid Broncos review". www.foxsports.com.au. 10 September 2024.
  11. ↑ Nuttall, Daniel; Ramus, Daniel (24 April 2025). "Broncos star's fresh injury blow as Cobbo shines in new role; Bulldog avoids potential 'send off': Big Hits". Fox Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Brisbane Broncos beat Melbourne Storm – as it happened". www.theguardian.com.
  13. ↑ "Relive Hull KR's World Club Challenge win over Brisbane". www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Broncos star rushed into surgery after playing through injury". 7NEWS. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Broncos reveal 1.30am phone call, stunning details behind Deine Mariner's limb-saving surgery'". Fox Sports. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  16. ↑ ""I'm Very Grateful": Mariner Reflects on Serious Leg Injury". Brisbane Broncos. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
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