Frank Watene is a professional rugby league football player, playing at representative level for Tongan World cup Squad 1995, New Zealand Junior Kiwis 1996, New Zealand Māori, and at club level for Counties Manukau Heroes, Auckland Warriors, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, Dewsbury Rams, and Halifax at club level, as a prop, or second-row.
Career
He made his first grade debut in 1998. Watene toured with the New Zealand Māori rugby league team in 1998 and played for them in the 1997 Oceania Cup and against Great Britain in 1999. Watene currently plays for Halifax in the second division of English rugby league called the Championship.
Watene was named in the dream team after an impressive year.
Watene"s usual position is Prop Forward however due to his sheer size Watene usually starts off the matches on the substitutes bench and will come onto the field of play later in the match, when his team need a boost of energy which he provides in the form of strong running. In September 2007 Frank signed a one-year extension to his current Halifax contract, after a highly impressive season.