Wairangi Koopu

[kia ora storm]

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_windows_skin/2287166

Cheers...great signing.

 

[playdaball]

Cheers...great signing.

A great signing to me is Price, Folau, Smith etc not Koopu. Granted he'll be a good back up/utility.

 

[Noa]

Perhaps a sign that they dont think Proctor will be ready for 1st grade till '10. I dont think theyd convince Koopu to come unless they had g'teed him a bench spot.

so the bench will probably look

14. Hinchcliffe
15. Koopu
16. Manu
17. Tolman

 

[shiznit]

i wish Wai all the best... hes a great bloke...

he missed alot of football with a shoulder problem... just hope he can get back to his best.

he was one of the warriors best a couple of years ago...

hes only 28 so hes got heaps left on the clock....

 

[kia ora storm]

Exactly...which is why he will be a great signing. Still youngish, has leadership skills and is a tough nut.

 

[shiznit]

i wonder if hes going to do waiz-guy from the storm next year...

 

[melbourne_belle]

well he is in town already, was at the airport picking up my brother and sister in law and Wairangi was on the same plane. He is on match payments as no one else wanted him and so he is wanting to work hard and hopefully he gets a run.

 

[NIGHTMARE-HITTER]

Nice guy but no loss at all for the Warriors - wish him the best.

 

[Willow]

Koopu signs with Storm

Written by: Dave Donaghy
November 17th, 2008 3:39pm

MELBOURNE Storm has bolstered its playing list for 2009 with the signing of former New Zealand international Wairangi Koopu.

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http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=17229

 

[kia ora storm]

Koopu is very underated...nothing flash but is bloody fit and could push for a starting spot with his experience.

Koopu, Blair, Manu, Proctor, Taumata...Kiwi power.

 

[MsStorm]

If he can play as good as he looks, he'll be just great

 

[melbourne_belle]

If he can play as good as he looks, he'll be just great

no no, the guy who picked him up from the airport was hot, like really really good looking :lol:

 

[MsStorm]

no no, the guy who picked him up from the airport was hot, like really really good looking :lol:

If you check the link on page one of this thread, he looks good.
Wonder if his friend can play league

 

[CHRIS SANDOW]

Goes alright, not a bad pick up for you blokes.

Good player of the bench IMHO.

 

[melbourne_belle]

If you check the link on page one of this thread, he looks good.
Wonder if his friend can play league

yeah he is alright, I met him when I was like 16 at a nightclub in NZ and I thought he was decent then but if it hadn't have been for me talking to his very good looking friend I would not have seen him.:lol:

 

[MsStorm]

yeah he is alright, I met him when I was like 16 at a nightclub in NZ and I thought he was decent then but if it hadn't have been for me talking to his very good looking friend I would not have seen him.:lol:

How did you get into a nightclub at 16 NZ have different laws?
Some good clubs in Melb., but they won't let you in at 16

However, I really hope he does well at the Storm.

 

[melbourne_belle]

How did you get into a nightclub at 16 NZ have different laws?
Some good clubs in Melb., but they won't let you in at 16

However, I really hope he does well at the Storm.

A combo of looking older than I was, being with a big bunch of older cousins and their friends, plus the bouncer trying to chat me up got me into the club at 16 :lol:

Melbourne has the best clubs ever and it wasn't too hard to get into them when I was underage;-)

I hope he does well too, he seems like a nice guy and he is from huntly not far from where my familiy is from.