Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate (born 21 October 1991) is a New Zealand rugby footballer who has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league.
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Full name | Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 21 October 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||
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She debuted for the Black Ferns in 2014 against Australia. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[1] She led the haka at the World Cup.[2]
Ngata-Aerengamate teaches at Tangaroa College. She teaches the Maori language and P.E. She is of Maori and Cook Island descent.[3]
She played for the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup,[4] and in rugby league nines at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, scoring a try against Canada.[5]
References
- "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- 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. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Rowan, Kate (24 August 2017). "'Leading the haka fires me up, it's like an adrenalin rush'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/98991169/black-ferns-star-toka-natua-representing-cook-islands-at-womens-rugby-league-world-cup
- "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". QRL.com.au. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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