Marcus Perenara [SEP] country of citizenship
Marcus Perenara
Marcus Perenara is a New Zealand rugby league player who played professionally for the Parramatta Eels.
He is the brother of Henry Perenara and the cousin of current All Blacks (rugby union) TJ Perenara and Sonny Bill Williams.
Playing career.
Perenara, a Bay Roskill Vikings junior, played for the Marist-Richmond Brothers in the Bartercard Cup between 2002 and 2004. He was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 2000. He led the Brothers to the 2004 Bartercard Cup Grand Final before they lost 20-40
in both the New South Wales Cup and Queensland Cup, as well as for the Phelan Shield premiers, the New Lynn Stags, in the 2011 Auckland Rugby League season. Williams is the cousin of brothers Henry and Marcus Perenara, who are former professional rugby league players. He is also the cousin of rugby player and Chiefs teammate Tim Nanai-Williams and Cardiff Blues player Nick Williams. Williams is also distantly related to current All Blacks team mate TJ Perenara.
Williams converted to Islam in 2009, while in France playing