Frank Watene

Frank Watene

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Personal information
Nickname	Frank the Tank, Big Frank
Born	(1977-02-15) 15 February 1977 New Zealand
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1996	Counties Manukau	20	4	0	0	16
1998	Auckland Warriors	1	0	0	0	0
1999–2001	Wakefield Wildcats	61	6	0	0	24
2002–2003	Dewsbury Rams
2004–2004	Hull KR			0	0	20
2005–2005	Castleford Tigers	24	5
2006–2006	Dewsbury Rams			0	0
2007–2011	Halifax	113	15	0	0	60
	Total	219	30	0	0	120
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995–99	New Zealand Māori
Source: Rugby League Project

Frank Watene (born (1977-02-15) 15 February 1977 ) is a professional rugby league footballer, playing 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.

Early 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. He made his first grade debut 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.

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.

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