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Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
Personal information
Full nameTe Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate
Born (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 33)
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionHooker, Prop
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–2017 New Zealand 20 1 5
Rugby league
PositionHooker, Lock
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Cook Islands ? 0 0 0 0
Medals
Women's rugby union
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ireland Team competition

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.

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/98991169/black-ferns-star-toka-natua-representing-cook-islands-at-womens-rugby-league-world-cup
  5. ^ "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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