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| Born | 10 November 1995 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback, Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP As of 9 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charntay Poko (born 10 November 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league and union footballer. Primarily a halfback or lock, she is a New Zealand representative. She previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Born in Auckland, Poko is of Cook Island descent. [1]
Poko played for the Papanui Tigers in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury in both rugby league and rugby union. [2] In 2016, she was named in the New Zealand wider squad. [3]
In 2019, Poko began playing for the Richmond Roses in the Auckland Rugby League. [4] On 22 June 2019, she made her debut for New Zealand, starting at five-eighth and kicking four goals in a 46–8 win over Samoa. [5]
On 10 July 2019, Poko joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. [6] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, scoring a try in a 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters. [7]
In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad. [8]
On 1 December 2021, Poko signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad. [9]
In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Poko made her club debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels. [10] She played in 5 matches for the Knights, before parting ways with the club at the end of the season. [11]
Poko signed with Matatū in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition for the 2023 season. [12] [13]