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Sonny Whakarau is a former New Zealand rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and represented the New Zealand Māori. ==Playing career== A Manawatu representative, Whakarau moved south in 1986, joining the Wellington Rugby League and becoming a Wellington representative. In the 1994/1995 English season Whakarau joined Doncaster and helped them win promotion to the First Division.〔('It was like hearing someone had died' ) ''The Independent'', 1 January 1995〕 Sheffield Eagles in 1995/96 season.〔(Centenary waits for the revolution ) ''The Independent'', 18 August 1995〕 He played for the Keighley Cougars in 1996.〔 Later in the season he was loaned to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.〔(Bulls in Wembley charge; Bradford 30, Wakefield 18 ) ''The Mirror'', 26 February 1996〕 He played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 1998.〔(No regrets: Defiant Leigh back decision to move up ) ''The Bolton News'', 9 March 1998〕 Whakarau then returned home and played for the Levin Knights and Manawatu. In 2000 he was appointed player-coach of the Manawatu team but handed the coaching reigns over to former coach Paul Sixtus after one game.〔(Job comes first ) ''The Evening Standard'', 28 February 2001〕 He was then appointed the Manawatu Rugby League development officer in 2001. In 2002 the Central Falcons were admitted to the Bartercard Cup and Whakarau became a regular in the side, playing close to 50 games over the next three seasons until his retirement from representative football at the end of the 2005 season.〔(Whakarau calls it a day with Central Falcons ) ''The Evening Standard'', 17 August 2005〕 In 2004 Whakarau played for the Levin Lions in the Western Alliance club competition.〔(Western Alliance First Round Review ) ''rleague.com'', 11 March 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonny Whakarau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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