Frank Watene
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Born | New Zealand | 15 February 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Rugby League Project |
Frank Watene (born rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Tongan World cup Squad 1995, New Zealand Junior Kiwis 1996, New Zealand Māori, and at club level for Counties Manukau Heroes, Auckland Warriors, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, Dewsbury Rams, and Halifax at club level, as a prop, or second-row.
15 February 1977 ) is a former professionalEarly years
Watene started his career with the Otahuhu Leopards in the Auckland Rugby League competition, before being signed by the new Auckland Warriors club in 1994.[1] He made his first grade début in 1998. Watene toured with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in 1998 and played for them in the 1997 Oceania Cup and against Great Britain in 1999.[2][3]
England
Watene currently plays for Halifax in the second division of English rugby league called the Championship. Is of Tongan and NZ Maori descent 'Frank the Tank' signed for Halifax at the start of the 2007 rugby league season after playing for Dewsbury Rams in 2006 and helping them to win their National League two promotion. Watene was named in the dream team after an impressive year. Watene's usual position is Prop Forward however due to his sheer size Watene usually starts off the matches on the substitutes bench and will come onto the field of play later in the match, when his team need a boost of energy which he provides in the form of strong running. In September 2007 Frank signed a one-year extension to his current Halifax contract, after a highly impressive season.
References
- ^ Richard Becht. A New Breed Rising: The Warriors Winfield Cup Challenge. Auckland, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 1-86950-154-3. p.184
- ^ New Zealand Rugby League Annual '98, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1998. p.118
- ^ Jessup, Peter (3 November 1999). "Rugby League: It's a different world for Maori". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
External links
- Halifax profile
- Frank Watene from Hull KR signs for Castleford
- Profile at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
- A short video about rugby league starring Frank Watene
- Picture of Frank celebrating his try for Halifax against Widnes Vikings in the final game of Halifax's 2007 national league one campaign
- Picture of Frank on the charge against Whitehaven RLFC earlier on in Halifax's 2007 season
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Castleford Tigers players
- Counties Manukau rugby league team players
- Dewsbury Rams players
- Halifax RLFC players
- Hull Kingston Rovers players
- Junior Kiwis players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league players
- New Zealand Māori rugby league team players
- New Zealand people of Tongan descent
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand Warriors players
- Otahuhu Leopards players
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Tonga national rugby league team players
- Wakefield Trinity players