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Wairangi Koopu
Personal information
Full nameDane Wairangi Manurea Koopu
Born (1980-04-02) 2 April 1980 (age 44)
Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–08 New Zealand Warriors 159 34 0 0 136
2009 Melbourne Storm 12 1 0 0 4
Total 171 35 0 0 140
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–08 New Zealand Māori 4 1 0 0 4
2004–05 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 20 March 2021

Dane Wairangi Manurea Koopu (born 2 April 1980) is a New Zealand former professional

Māori Television.[2]

Background

Koopu was born in Ōpōtiki, New Zealand on 2 April 1980. He is of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Awa iwi.[citation needed]

Playing career

Koopu started playing rugby league for the

Waikato Cougars, played for the Junior Kiwis and was named in the National Māori tournament team after representing Waikato Māori.[4] During the early part of 1999, Koopu played for the Glenora Bears and represented Auckland North.[5]
While contracted to the Warriors, Koopu also played in the then feeder clubs for the NRL franchise, the Wynnum Manly Seagulls and the Newtown Jets. Koopu also represented the NZ Maori at the 2000 RLWC and played for the Kiwi's 3 times.

Warriors

Koopu made his

Auckland Warriors in Round 6, 1999. He went on to play for the club 159 times, earning the nickname "Mr Consistency".[6] Koopu played for the New Zealand Māori in 1999 and at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup
.

Koopu played for the

Indigenous Dreamtime
side.

Melbourne

After being released by the Warriors, Koopu accepted a one-year contract with the Melbourne Storm for the 2009 season.[2][8][9][10] Koopu was named as reserve for the Storm team that won the 2009 NRL Grand Final,[11][12] a premiership that was later stripped after their long-term salary cap breaches came to light in 2010.

Later years

Pt Chev Pirates rugby league club in Auckland Rugby League's Phelan Shield
.

In 2015, he was named at loose forward in Taniwharau's team of their first 70 years.[13]

References

  1. ^ RLP
  2. ^ a b "Warrior Wairangi keen on rugby switch". Sunday News. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  3. One Sport
    . 9 June 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. New Zealand Rugby Football League
    , 1998. p.p.133-135
  5. ^ Jessup, Peter (16 March 1999). "Rugby League: Injury gives Hoppe a starting chance". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  6. Television New Zealand
    . 18 January 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  7. ^ "GB have Long to thank". BBC Sport. 5 November 1999. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  8. ^ a b Aaron Lawton (9 November 2008). "Koopu flies into Storm coop". Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 9 November 2008. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Koopu joins Auckland as he 'weighs options'". Rugby Heaven. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  10. ^ Gould, Russell (10 June 2009). "Swine flu hits Storm star". Herald Sun (Melbourne). Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  11. ^ Deane, Steve (26 September 2009). "NRL: Fate may give Koopu his dream finish". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ^ "2009 NRL Teams - Grand Final". leagueunlimited.com. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ^ AARON GOILE (3 February 2015). "Lance Hohaia named Taniwharau rugby league club's best". Stuff.
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