| Doug Sanft | |
| Full Name: | Douglas Gordon Sanft |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Weight: | 207 lb |
| School: | De La Salle College |
| Position: | Fly-half / Centre |
| Repyears1: | 2006 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 2 |
Douglas Gordon Sanft is a New Zealand–born Samoan former rugby union international.[1]
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.[2]
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[3] [4]
In 2006, Sanft was capped for Samoa in a match against Japan in New Plymouth, which they won by 44 points.[5]
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.[6]