Kararaina Wira-Kohu
New Zealand international rugby league football player
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| Born | (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32) Te Tai Tokerau (Whangārei), New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 9 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kararaina Wira-Kohu (born 9 March 1992) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her position is prop. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background
Born in Te Tai Tokerau (Whangārei), New Zealand, Wira-Kohu is of Māori descent.[2]
Playing career
Early years
Wira-Kohu played for the Papakura Sisters, before moving to the Manurewa Marlins[3] in 2017, also playing for the Northern Swords that season.[4] Later that year she played for the New Zealand Māori Ferns against the Indigenous All Stars.[5][4] In 2018, she represented the Auckland women's rugby league team[6] and was named in the New Zealand Māori Ferns squad again.[7] In 2019, she returned to Papakura, represented the Counties Manukau Stingrays[8] and played for the Northland Kauri rugby union side in the Farah Palmer Cup.[4] She continued to represent the New Zealand Māori Ferns in both 2019 and 2020.[2][4] In 2020, she played for the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns against the Fetū Samoa invitational side.[9] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad.[10]
2022
In round 4 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Wira-Kohu made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the St. George Illawarra Dragons.[11] She played in 1 match for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season.[12]
References
- ^ "Kararaina Wira-Kohu - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ a b "Indigenous and Maori Women's Teams Named". 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Manurewa Marlins". NZRL. 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Kararaina Wira-Kohu".
- ^ "Squads named for Festival of Indigenous Rugby League". National Rugby League. 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's squad named for Friday league clash". Māori Television.
- ^ "All Stars ideal Indigenous pathway for Young and youngsters". National Rugby League. 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Stingrays and Hale take top awards". Warriors. 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Strong Warriors flavour in Kiwi Ferns squad". Warriors. 2 November 2020.
- ^ "NRLW 2022: Newcastle Knights, club confirms nine Kiwi Ferns for inaugural campaign - NRL". National Rugby League. 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Squad Update: Debutants included for NRLW side". Newcastle Knights. 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
External links
- Newcastle Knights profile
- NZRL profile
