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Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate

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Personal information

Full name

Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate

Born

21 October 1991 (age 32)

Height

1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)

Playing information

Rugby union

Position

Hooker, Prop

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2021–2022	Blues Women	1	0	0	0	0
2023	Hurricanes Poua	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2014–2021	New Zealand	34	3			15

Rugby league

Position

Hooker, 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
	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.

Personal life[edit]

Ngata-Aerengamate taught at Tangaroa College^[1] and now teaches at Kaitaia College.^[2] She teaches the Maori language and P.E. She is of Maori and Cook Island descent.^[3]

Rugby career[edit]

Rugby Union[edit]

Ngata-Aerengamate debuted for the Black Ferns in 2014 against Australia. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World CupinIreland.^[4] She led the haka at the World Cup.^[5]

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Blues against the Chiefs in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand on 1 May 2021.^[6]^[7] On 3 November 2021, she was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition.^[8]^[9]

Rugby League[edit]

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup,^[10] and in rugby league nines at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, scoring a try against Canada.^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Leilani Perese". www.tangaroa.school.nz. Tangaroa College. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

^ "Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate". allblacks.com. Retrieved 15 October 2022.

^ 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.

^ "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.

^ 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.

^ "nib BLUES WOMEN'S TEAM EXCITED FOR HISTORIC CLASH". Blues Rugby. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

^ "Women's Super Rugby Preview: Blues v Chiefs (2021)". allblacks.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

^ "nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki 2022 Squad". Blues Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

^ "Exciting nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki Squad Announced". Blues Rugby. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

^ "Black Ferns star Toka Natua representing Cook Islands at Women's Rugby League World Cup". 17 November 2017.

^ "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". QRL.com.au. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.