Iritana Hohaia Explained

Birth Date:1 March 2000
Birth Place:New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height:1.64 m
Weight:65 kg
Ru Currentposition:Halfback
Provinceyears1:2019–Present
Province1:Taranaki
Provinceapps1:9
Provincepoints1:25
Superyears1:2022
Super1:Hurricanes Poua
Superpoints1:0
Repyears1:2023
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:5

Iritana Hohaia (born 1 March 2000) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays halfback for Taranaki provincially and for Hurricanes Poua professionally.

She is also a police officer for the New Zealand Police Force.

Personal life

Hohaia was born in Ōpunake in Taranaki. She began playing club rugby at Coastal as a child and has also played representative Basketball.[1]

Rugby career

2018–20

Hohaia won a gold medal with the New Zealand Sevens team at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[2] She was named Taranaki Whio's Player of the Year in 2019.[3] In 2020, she played for the Possibles against the Probables in a Black Ferns trial match[4] [5] and then later appeared for the New Zealand Barbarians against the Black Ferns.[6]

2021–23

For 2021 she was selected for the Black Ferns squad for two test matches against England and France.[7] [8] She was contracted by the Hurricanes Poua for their first-ever women's squad for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki.[9]

Hohaia received her first fulltime Black Ferns contract in 2023, she was one of three players whose names were finalised to join the contracted group.[10] She was selected in the Black Ferns 30-player squad to compete in the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup.[11] [12] She made her international debut against Australia on 29 June 2023 at Brisbane.[13] [14] She then featured in her sides 21–52 victory over Canada at the Pacific Four Series in Ottawa.[15] [16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-06-18. Iritana Hohaia. 2022-02-09. New Zealand Olympic Team. en.
  2. Web site: Perry. James. 2021-10-09. From Youth Olympics to Black Ferns, another dream come true for Hohaia. 2022-02-09. Māori Television. en.
  3. Web site: 2019-10-10. Brown and Hohaia claim top prize at Rugby Awards. 2022-02-09. www.trfu.co.nz.
  4. Web site: 2020-11-04. Possibles v Probables named for Black Ferns trial match. 2022-02-09. allblacks.com. en-NZ.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-04. Bay of Plenty women named in Possibles v Probables. 2022-02-09. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
  6. Web site: Powell. Jennie. 2020-11-12. Teams named for Black Ferns v NZ Barbarians. 2022-02-09. 4 The Love Of Sport. en-GB.
  7. Web site: Johnston. Will. 2021-09-06. Iritana Hohaia selected in Black Ferns for upcoming tour. 2022-02-09. Stuff. en.
  8. Web site: 2021-09-07. Taranaki's Iritana Hohaia selected in Black Ferns for upcoming tour. 2022-02-09. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
  9. Web site: 2021-11-03. Hurricanes Women's Squad Named in Historic Announcement. 2022-02-09. Hurricanes. en.
  10. Web site: 2023-04-30 . Final three contracted Black Ferns players confirmed for 2023 . 2023-05-07 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
  11. Web site: 2023-06-07 . First Black Ferns squad of 2023 named . 2023-06-07 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
  12. Web site: 2023-06-07 . Nine rookies named in first Black Ferns squad of 2023 . 2023-06-07 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  13. Web site: 2023-06-29 . PREVIEW: Black Ferns v Wallaroos (Brisbane) . 2023-07-02 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
  14. Web site: Burnes . Campbell . 2023-06-30 . Black Ferns run rampant in Redcliffe . 2023-07-02 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.
  15. Web site: 2023-07-09 . Black Ferns fly past Canada in front of record crowd in Ottawa . 2023-07-09 . Americas Rugby News . en-US.
  16. Web site: Burnes . Campbell . 2023-07-09 . Black Ferns secure WXV1 qualification with Ottawa victory . 2023-07-09 . allblacks.com . en-NZ.

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