Full name | Douglas Gordon Sanft | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
School | De La Salle College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Gordon Sanft is a New Zealand–born Samoan former rugby union international. [1]
Born in Wellington, Sanft spent his childhood in Samoa but finished his schooling at Auckland's De La Salle College. He is a brother of Samoa international Quintan Sanft. [2]
Sanft, primarily a fly-half, played his provincial rugby with Counties Manukau and Poverty Bay. He had several seasons in England for clubs including Halifax and the Cornish Pirates, as well as a stint with Spanish club CRC Madrid [3] [4]
In 2006, Sanft was capped for Samoa in a match against Japan in New Plymouth, which they won by 44 points. [5]
Sanft was coach of the Manukau Rovers side that won the Gallaher Shield in 2022, to end a 49-year title drought. He is director of rugby and head coach at Marist Brothers Old Boys. [6]
Full name | Douglas Gordon Sanft | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
School | De La Salle College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Gordon Sanft is a New Zealand–born Samoan former rugby union international. [1]
Born in Wellington, Sanft spent his childhood in Samoa but finished his schooling at Auckland's De La Salle College. He is a brother of Samoa international Quintan Sanft. [2]
Sanft, primarily a fly-half, played his provincial rugby with Counties Manukau and Poverty Bay. He had several seasons in England for clubs including Halifax and the Cornish Pirates, as well as a stint with Spanish club CRC Madrid [3] [4]
In 2006, Sanft was capped for Samoa in a match against Japan in New Plymouth, which they won by 44 points. [5]
Sanft was coach of the Manukau Rovers side that won the Gallaher Shield in 2022, to end a 49-year title drought. He is director of rugby and head coach at Marist Brothers Old Boys. [6]