Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
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Full name | Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 21 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker,Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker,Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate(born 21 October 1991) is a New Zealandrugby footballerwho has represented New Zealand inrugby unionand the Cook Islands inrugby league.
Personal life[edit]
Ngata-Aerengamate taught atTangaroa College[1]and now teaches at Kaitaia College.[2]She teaches theMaori languageandP.E.She is ofMaoriandCook Islanddescent.[3]
Rugby career[edit]
Rugby Union[edit]
Ngata-Aerengamate debuted for theBlack Fernsin 2014 againstAustralia.She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the2017 Women's Rugby World CupinIreland.[4]She led the haka at the World Cup.[5]
Ngata-Aerengamate played for theBluesagainst theChiefsin the first-ever women'sSuper Rugbymatch in New Zealand on 1 May 2021.[6][7]On 3 November 2021, she was named in the Blues squad for the inauguralSuper Rugby Aupikicompetition.[8][9]
Rugby League[edit]
Ngata-Aerengamate played for theCook Islandsat the2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup,[10]and inrugby league ninesat the2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship,scoring a try againstCanada.[11]
References[edit]
- ^"Leilani Perese".www.tangaroa.school.nz.Tangaroa College.Retrieved15 October2022.
- ^"Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate".allblacks.com.Retrieved15 October2022.
- ^Rowan, Kate (24 August 2017)."'Leading the haka fires me up, it's like an adrenalin rush'".The Telegraph.ISSN0307-1235.Archivedfrom the original on 18 September 2017.Retrieved15 September2017.
- ^"Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named".All Blacks.5 July 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 12 June 2018.Retrieved15 September2017.
- ^Farrell, Sean (1 August 2017)."'They're the wonder women of our culture': The haka and the second wind it gives the Black Ferns ".The42.Archivedfrom the original on 15 September 2017.Retrieved15 September2017.
- ^"nib BLUES WOMEN'S TEAM EXCITED FOR HISTORIC CLASH".Blues Rugby.29 April 2021.Retrieved23 August2022.
- ^"Women's Super Rugby Preview: Blues v Chiefs (2021)".allblacks.com.30 April 2021.Retrieved23 August2022.
- ^"nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki 2022 Squad".Blues Rugby.Retrieved13 November2021.
- ^"Exciting nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki Squad Announced".Blues Rugby.4 November 2021.Retrieved22 August2022.
- ^"Black Ferns star Toka Natua representing Cook Islands at Women's Rugby League World Cup".17 November 2017.
- ^"Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results".QRL.com.au. 23 February 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 25 February 2018.Retrieved25 February2018.
External links[edit]
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Cook Islands women's national rugby league team players
- Cook Islands female rugby league players
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand women's international rugby union players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- New Zealand female rugby league players
- New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
- New Zealand Māori people
- Rugby league hookers
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby union hookers
- Cook Island sportspeople stubs
- Oceanian rugby league biography stubs
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs