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Sarah Hirini

サラ・ゴス　/　さら・ごす

Rugby union player from New Zealand

December 9, 1992 (age 33)　・　Feilding, New Zealand

rugby union player
rugby sevens player

My Take

Hirini strikes me as the spine of a champion side rather than just a member of one. Rugby sevens is brutal, relentless collision compressed into minutes, and leading that as captain demands a temperament most athletes never develop. Coming from Feilding and studying at Massey while competing at the top tells me she values balance, not just glory. The fact that her honor under the New Zealand Order of Merit arrived alongside a name change from Goss to Hirini feels symbolic to me: a life and a career maturing together. I admire competitors whose toughness on the field mirrors a steadiness off it, and she reads exactly that way.

Overview

Sarah Hirini (née Goss; born 9 December 1992) is a New Zealand women's rugby union player. She has played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, as a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women's national rugby union team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sarah Hirini
Name (Japanese): サラ・ゴス
Reading: さら・ごす
Born: December 9, 1992 (age 33)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Feilding, New Zealand
Blood type: Private
Height: 177 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player / rugby sevens player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Feilding High School
University: Massey University

Awards & achievements

2019 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.sarahhirini.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahgoss10/
Xhttps://x.com/Sgoss10
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B9

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