Sonny Fai

Sonny Fai
Personal information
Born(1988-03-20)20 March 1988
Auckland, New Zealand
Died4 January 2009(2009-01-04) (aged 20)
Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland, NZ
Playing information
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
PositionSecond-row, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008 New Zealand Warriors 15 5 0 0 20
Source: [1]

Sonny Fai (20 March 1988 – 4 January 2009) was a professional rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors.

Background

Fai was born in Auckland, New Zealand of Samoan descent. Fai often mentioned throughout his life how close he was with this family and how proud he was to originate from Samoa.

Early years

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.[2] Fai made ten appearances in the Toyota Cup, scoring five tries.[3] Fai attended De La Salle College, Mangere East.[citation needed]

Playing career

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.[4][5]

Representative career

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.[2]

Disappearance

Fai went missing at around 7 pm on 4 January 2009, after being caught in a rip current after saving his brother and four cousins when they got into difficulty at Te Henga (Bethells Beach), Auckland. Despite extensive searches his body was never found,[6][7] and on 13 August 2009 Chief coroner Neil McLean announced in the Auckland District Court that he drowned.[8]

Legacy

The New Zealand Warriors, in honour of Fai, kept his name on the playing roster for the 2009 season, in accordance with their team motto "Keeping the Faith".[9] The Warriors wore black armbands for their opening NRL match of the 2009 season, as well as jerseys embroidered with Fai's signature and official team number in honour of him.[10]

The Warriors dedicated their Round Five home match to Fai's memory. The match was played on 5 April 2009 and the Warriors were defeated by the South Sydney Rabbitohs, 22–16.

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ a b "The Sonny Fai tribute: New Zealand league loses a favourite son". The Sunday Star-Times. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ^ Sonny Fai, Sonny 2008 nzleague.co.nz
  4. ^ "Samoa name World Cup Squad". League Unlimited. 5 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  5. ^ Barry Dick and AAP (8 August 2008). "Sonny Bill Williams named in Kiwi world cup squad". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  6. ^ Jackson, Glenn (6 January 2009). "Warriors join search for talented prospect, missing after being caught in rip". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ^ Team-Mates and Club Officials help in search for Sonny Fai[permanent dead link‍] Warriors Official Site 5 January 2009
  8. ^ Fox, Michael, Stuff.co.nz and NZPA (13 August 2009). "Warriors player Sonny Fai drowned - coroner". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Umbers, Lee; Lawton, Aaron (11 January 2009). "Warriors to honour missing Fai by leaving him on playing roster". leaguehq.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  10. ^ "Steve Price to play 300th NRL match". NRL.com. 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2008.

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