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Sonny first went to the UK in 1991 and played for Batley Rugby League club, he then got signed by
Bramley Rugby League club by former Great Britain Rugby League coach Maurice Bamford and had two successful seasons there in 1992 and 1993, In the 1994/1995 English season Whakarau joined
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Whakarau became a regular in the side, playing close to 50 games over the next three seasons until his retirement from representative football at the end of the 2005 season.
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Whakarau then returned home and played for the Levin
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517:. Later in the season he was loaned to the
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768:. Huia Publishers. p. 330.
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586:"Player Summary: Sonny Whakarau"
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