Farah Palmer Cup 2022
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As posted in the 2022 Hawke's Bay Representative Rugby thread:
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@Stargazer said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Bovidae She's in the Otago squad though.
So who knows if she has since swapped.
No Iritana Hohaia in the Taranaki squad. Unless she has been poached.
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@Bovidae said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
Iritana Hohaia
Was unavailable for tonight's Black Ferns' trials, too.
Just saw the article below:
One of the documentaries follows Iritana Hohaia, a former Black Ferns rugby player and her journey in joining the police.
Iritana is from Ōpunake and began playing club rugby at Coastal as a child. She was a member of the gold-medal-winning New Zealand sevens team at the Youth Olympics in 2018, scoring a try in the final victory over France.
She was Taranaki Whio's Player of the Year in 2019.
After suffering an injury last year, she had to look at another career besides rugby.
"I was high-tackled, which compressed my kidneys and resulted in renal failure. After that, I had to really consider what I would do next."
She says she is passionate about working for people, and joining the police force is a way she could do that.
"I'm in the early stages of joining the police force and am heading away to Police College on August 1 to complete four months of training in Wellington."
She says filming the documentary was a journey and feels lucky to show people how supportive her family are.
"They've always supported me in everything I do and that support is something I cherish dearly.
Iritana hopes her story resonates with others and encourages them to join the police.
"It shows the obstacles I've faced and what I had to do to overcome them. Everyone has faced challenges in their life and these videos show different challenges some of us have faced and how we were able to join the force."
Police programme aims to boost wahine Māori ranks
The programme aims to recruit more wahine māori into the police force.
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@Bovidae said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
A large squad, because Waikato will lose players to the Black Ferns and Fiji. Good to see the return of RWC final hat-trick try-scorer Toka Natua. No Chyna Hohepa.
Squad sizes really vary don't they? Some are about 32/33, some high 30s and this one in the 40s
Are the BFs out for two games or three? There's a home game against Oz but I'm not sure when the return one is.
Edit: I see it's the following weekend. So probably out for three weeks and back for semi finals.
If they are a week in BF camp the Canterbury/Waikato game will be second string, Auckland have a bye then Waikato. The week they are in Oz will be interesting as Waikato, Auckland and Canterbury will all be understrength a bit more than their opponents.
Saying that, there have been far more players that have played for BFs this year then they will take into camp. -
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@Stargazer said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Bovidae That squad naming is only for the two Laurie O'Reilly tests against Australia (20 and 27 August), I think.
That's why I said "first". Whether the players will be released back to their provinces after those 2 tests is unknown, as it would only be for the SF and final.
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@Bovidae said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Stargazer said in Farah Palmer Cup 2022:
@Bovidae That squad naming is only for the two Laurie O'Reilly tests against Australia (20 and 27 August), I think.
That's why I said "first". Whether the players will be released back to their provinces after those 2 tests is unknown, as it would only be for the SF and final.
I would expect that they go into camp a week or so beforehand.
It won't be too different a squad to the final RWC one I think. The 'trials' have finished.
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