

ABOUT
Rugby league footballer who won the 2009 NRL Premiership as a member of the Melbourne Storm. He has played international rugby for both the New Zealand Maori and New Zealand Kiwis.In 2010, he became the victim of identity theft when a prankster posing as him contacted the AMNRL and tried arrange for him to play for the Northern Raiders.He played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup alongside team captain Tawera Nikau.
BEFORE FAMEHe played in the Taniwharau Rugby League Club in Huntly, New Zealand before debuting with the New Zealand Warriors in 1999.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married a woman named Sarah Murphy.
FUN FACTSRugby Player Wairangi Koopu were born on Wednesday, in a leap year, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 90 days until Wairangi Koopu next birthday.