Missing Vodafone Warriors forward Sonny Fai will be remembered at each of the club’s first two NRL trials, the first in Hamilton tomorrow night and the second at North Harbour Stadium on February 22.
The 20-year-old disappeared after saving his brother and four of his cousins at Bethells Beach on January 4.
Sonny played for both the Vodafone Warriors (NRL) and the Vodafone Junior Warriors (NYC) last year.
Tomorrow night players in both teams will pay their respects to their team-mate and his family by wearing black armbands at Waikato Stadium (the NRL side plays Melbourne while the NYC team faces a Waikato Selection).
The players will again wear armbands at North Harbour Stadium 10 days later when the NRL squad takes on North Queensland and the NYC side meets the Auckland Vulcans.
There will also be a minute’s silence at both stadiums before the NRL matches.
Vodafone Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah said the club was working with Sonny’s family to honour him during the NRL season.
“We’ll announce more about what we’re planning to do closer to the season starting,” he said.
Meanwhile, the public will be able to contribute to the Victoria bush fire appeal tomorrow night.
Waikato Stadium management, together with the Hamilton City Council, today announced there would be a gold coin collection around the ground throughout the evening.
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