Sarah Hirini MNZM (née Goss; born 9 December 1992)[1] is a New Zealand women's rugby union player and two-time Olympic medalist. She plays for the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team, and captained the Manawatu Sevens side that took out the 2013 National Women's Sevens title in Queenstown. She was named in the squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2][3]
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Birth name | Sarah Goss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Feilding, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Feilding High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Massey University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Conor Hirini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hirini studied for a degree in Māori studies.[4] Of Māori descent, She affiliates to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.[5]
In 2013, she received the Massey University Manawatu campus sportswoman of-the-year award.
In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hirini was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.[6]
In 2019, Hirini was nominated, for the fourth time in six years, as the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year.[7] She also was the first woman to play 200 matches in the global circuit.
Hirini was named in the Black Ferns Sevens squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[8][9] She won a bronze medal at the event.[10][11] She also won a silver medal at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[12][13][14]
Hirini made the Black Ferns 32-player squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[15][16]
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