Hilda Peters

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Hilda Peters
Personal information
Born (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983 (age 38)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Second-row, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– New Zealand Warriors 9 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–19 New Zealand 8 3 0 0 12
2019 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 4 November 2020
Source: RLP

Hilda Peters (born 9 August 1983) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a winger, she is a New Zealand representative.

Background[]

Born in Auckland, Peters began playing rugby league when she was 19.[1] Her younger sisters, Rona and Kahurangi, are also New Zealand Test representatives.[2]

Peters, who is of Māori descent, has a moko kauae (a traditional Māori face tattoo) and is fluent in te reo.[3][4]

Playing career[]

On 9 November 2014, Peters made her debut for New Zealand in their 12–8 win over Australia, playing alongside her sisters Rona and Kahurangi.[5]

In November 2017, she was a member of New Zealand's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad.[6] On 2 December 2017, she started at second-row in New Zealand's final loss to Australia.[7]

On 31 July 2018, she was named in the inaugural New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters. Her try was the first ever try scored in the NRL Women's Premiership.[9]

On 15 February 2019, she started on the wing for the Māori All Stars in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[10]

In September 2020, Hale was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "NZRL - Hilda Mariu". NZRL.
  2. ^ "Mariu-Peters family bragging rights on line in Warriors-Broncos clash". NRL. 19 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Sacred acts & footy". Athletes Voice. 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Hilda Mariu at centre of history". NZ Herald. 25 August 2018.
  5. ^ "New Zealand's answer to the Burgess clan". NRL. 7 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Kiwi Ferns named". NZ Warriors. 13 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Kiwi Ferns fall to Jillaroos in Rugby League World Cup final". stuff.co.nz. 2 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  9. ^ "NRLW: Laura and Hilda Mariu are all footy, at work and at home". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2018.
  10. ^ "2019 Women's All Stars named". The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2019.
  11. ^ "The historical island set to inspire fab five Warriors women". NRL. 13 September 2020.

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