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Hare Te Rangi

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Hare Te Rangi
Personal information
Born (1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 47)
Rotorua, New Zealand
Playing information
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (11 st 7 lb)
PositionHalfback
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998–00 New Zealand Māori 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [1]

Hare Te Rangi is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand Māori at the 2000 World Cup.

Playing career

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Te Rangi started his career with the Piako Warriors, who won the Bay of Plenty Rugby League grand final in 1995.[2] He was then selected for the Auckland Warriors development program in 1996.[3]

In 1997 he was the leading try scorer in the Auckland Rugby League competition, winning the Tetley Trophy for the Otahuhu Leopards.[citation needed]

He played for the Leopards in the 2000 Bartercard Cup grand final before switching in 2001 to the Eastern Tornadoes.[4] As a Bay of Plenty representative, in 2001 he was selected for the Northern Districts team that played the touring French side.[5]

Representative career

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Te Rangi represented the New Zealand at Under 17s, Under 18s and Under 19s.[3]

In 1998 he was selected for the New Zealand Māori tour of the Cook Islands.[6] He again represented the Māori in 2000 against Fiji and at the World Cup.

Te Rangi also toured Australia in 2000 with the New Zealand Residents.[7]

Personal life

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Te Rangi has also represented the Bay of Plenty in Lawn Bowls.[3]

References

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  1. ^ RLP
  2. ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1995. p.191
  3. ^ a b c Hare Te Rangi rugbyleague.co.nz
  4. ^ Twin Tornadoes cause chaos as they blow past opponents[dead link] Sunday Star-Times, 16 September 2001
  5. ^ Jessup, Peter (13 June 2001). "Rugby League: Battle-weary French maintain hectic schedule". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-86969-331-2. ISBN 9781869693312.
  7. ^ NZ Residents end trip with a flourish The Press, 27 July 2000