Wairangi Koopu

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 rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. Koopu primarily played in the second-row, and as a centre. He is now a reporter for The Crowd Goes Wild. He is fluent in Te Reo Maori and often appeared on Māori Television.[2]

  1. ^ RLP
  2. ^ "Warrior Wairangi keen on rugby switch". Sunday News. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2011.