Mawene Hiroti

Mawene Hiroti (born 6 March 1999) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL.

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League.

Background Hiroti was born in Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand.

Playing career

2016 Educated at Matraville Sports High School he represented the 2016 Australian Schoolboys and the New Zealand Under 18s.

2018 He played for South Sydney in their pre-season 18–8 victory over Super League team, the Wigan Warriors.

Hiroti made his first-grade debut for South Sydney in Round 23 2018 against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium which ended in a 38–18 loss. Hiroti spent the majority of the season playing for South Sydney's feeder club side North Sydney in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW. At the end of 2018, Hiroti was named as North Sydney's most improved player.

2019 On 29 September 2019, Hiroti was named in the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW team of the year.

2020 Signing with Cronulla-Sutherland prior to the 2020 season, Hiroti spent the majority of the season training with the clubs' feeder side Newtown before the reserve grade season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He made two appearances with the top-flight squad in 2020.

2021 After both of Cronulla's usual wingers were struck with injury, Hiroti took a bigger role with the NRL side to open the 2021 NRL season, managing six appearances through the first eight rounds, managing four tries.

On 2 September, Hiroti signed a one-year extension to remain at Cronulla for the 2022 season. Hiroti played 15 games for Cronulla in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club narrowly miss the finals by finishing 9th on the table.

2022 & 2023 Hiroti made only two appearances for Cronulla in the 2022 NRL season. In the 2023 NRL season, Hiroti made just one appearance for Cronulla where he scored a try in the clubs round 23 victory over South Sydney.

2024 On 29 September, Hiroti played for Newtown in their 2024 NSW Cup Grand Final victory over North Sydney. Subsequently, he signed a one-year extension with Cronulla.

2025 In round 5 of the 2025 NRL season, Hiroti was called into the Cronulla side for their game against Canberra. He scored a try in Cronulla's 24-20 loss. Hiroti played nine games for Cronulla in the 2025 NRL season as the club finished 5th on the table. On 22 November 2025, the Sharks announced that Hiroti had extended his contract with the club for a further year.

2026 On 2 January 2026, the Gold Coast Titans announced they had signed Hiroti from 2027 on a two year deal.

Statistics NRL

SeasonTeamMatchesTGGK %F/GPts 2018 South Sydney 1 0 0 — 0 0 2019 4 1 0 — 0 4 2020 Cronulla-Sutherland 2 1 4/5 80.00% 0 12 2021 14 5 0 — 0 20 2022 2 0 0 — 0 020231142024114202595202026428 Career totals 38 16 4/5 80.00% 0 72