About Doug Sanft
Doug Sanft was a rugby union player.
Douglas Gordon Sanft is a New Zealand–born Samoan former rugby union international.
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.
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
In 2006, Sanft was capped for Samoa in a match against Japan in New Plymouth, which they won by 44 points.
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.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Doug Sanft. https://biography.guide/doug-sanft/
MLA: "Doug Sanft." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/doug-sanft/.
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