Kararaina Wira-Kohu

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Kararaina Wira-Kohu
Personal information
Born (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 31)
Te Tai Tokerau (Whangārei), New Zealand
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2021 Newcastle Knights 10000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017–22 NZ Māori Ferns 41004
2020 Kiwi Ferns 10000
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.

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kararaina Wira-Kohu - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. 1 2 "Indigenous and Maori Women's Teams Named". 16 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Manurewa Marlins". NZRL. 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Kararaina Wira-Kohu".
  5. ↑ "Squads named for Festival of Indigenous Rugby League". National Rugby League. 15 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Women's squad named for Friday league clash". Māori Television.
  7. ↑ "All Stars ideal Indigenous pathway for Young and youngsters". National Rugby League. 6 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Stingrays and Hale take top awards". Warriors. 28 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Strong Warriors flavour in Kiwi Ferns squad". Warriors. 2 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "NRLW 2022: Newcastle Knights, club confirms nine Kiwi Ferns for inaugural campaign - NRL". National Rugby League. 1 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Squad Update: Debutants included for NRLW side". Newcastle Knights. 19 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
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