Sonny Fai
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Personal information
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20 March 1988 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Died | 4 January 2009 (aged 20) Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland, New Zealand |
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Playing information
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sonny Fai (20 March 1988 – 4 January 2009) was a Samoan-New Zealand professional rugby league player who played for the New Zealand Warriors.
Fai played only one senior game for his junior club, the Mangere East Hawks, before being promoted to the Counties Manukau Jetz in the Bartercard Cup. A Warriors development player since 2003, he later played for the Auckland Lions in the 2007 NSWRL Premier League and the Junior Warriors in the 2008 Toyota Cup. Fai made ten appearances in the Toyota Cup, scoring five tries. Fai attended De La Salle College, Mangere East
Fai made his NRL debut on 23 March 2008 against the Parramatta Eels at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Fai was named the Warriors 2007 Under-20 Player of the Year. A powerful back rower who impressed for the Auckland Lions when he debuted in the NSWRL Premier League in 2007, scoring 14 tries in 21 games. He was named in the New Zealand and Samoan training squads for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
Fai made representative teams from a young age, first making the New Zealand under-16s in 2003. Fai made the Junior Kiwis in 2004 and New Zealand 'A' in 2007.
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