HIRINI Sarah

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA
1	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020
1	Women	2019
1	Women	2016/2017
2	Women	2018

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
2	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
3	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN
1	Women	2018	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
1	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
5	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Paris, FRA
2	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN
1	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
5	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA
1	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
3	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Sarah Goss

Athlete

Massey University, Palmerston North, NZL

Husband Conor

English

Allan Bunting [national], NZL; Cory Sweeney [national], NZL

Forward (cultivategroup.co.nz, 01 Jul 2019)

Her sister Rachael Rakatau has played provincial rugby union [15-a-side] for the Manawatu Cyclones in New Zealand. (manawaturugby.co.nz, 01 Apr 2018)

She has played rugby union [15-a-side] for New Zealand and won the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland. She has also played provincial rugby union for the Manawatu Cyclones in New Zealand. (tokyo2020.org, 15 Jul 2020; bbc.co.uk, 27 Aug 2017)

2012 for New Zealand (allblacks.com, 06 Feb 2015)

In November 2019 she suffered a leg injury and was out for two months. (teaomaori.news, 13 Dec 2019; newshub.co.nz, 25 Nov 2019; newschain.uk, 27 Jan 2020)

She began playing rugby union [15-a-side] at age 13 at Feilding High School in New Zealand. (scrumqueens.com, 03 Nov 2014; thegarage961.co.nz, 04 Jun 2019)

"I got into rugby at high school because my coach said it would be good for my hockey fitness, and I have loved the game ever since. My first game I was really scared, I was on the wing. We were playing against 18-year-olds when I was 13." (thegarage961.co.nz, 04 Jun 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. (newsroom.co.nz, 24 Jan 2019; stuff.co.nz, 03 Jun 2019)

New Zealand rugby union [15-a-side] player Farah Palmer, English footballer David Beckham. (allblacks.com, 13 Jan 2013)

Coach Robert Jones. (scrumqueens.com, 03 Nov 2014; stuff.co.nz 19 May 2010)

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it, keep looking." (sarahgoss5.co.nz, 16 Feb 2014)

In December 2019 she received the Tom French Cup, awarded to New Zealand's top Maori rugby player of the year, at the New Zealand Rugby Awards. (teaomaori.news, 13 Dec 2019)

In June 2019 she was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit [MNZM] for services to rugby. (stuff.co.nz, 03 Jun 2019)

At the 2019 Manawatu Sports Awards in New Zealand, she was named Sportswoman of the Year and won the Team of the Year award along with her sevens national teammates. (stuff.co.nz, 17 Mar 2019)

In 2014 she was named Sevens Player of the Year by New Zealand Rugby. (rugbyheartland.co.nz, 11 Dec 2014)

She received the Most Valuable Player award at the Atlanta and Amsterdam legs of the 2013/14 World Series. (insidethegames.biz, 16 Feb 2014; sarahgoss5.co.nz, 16 Feb 2014)

She was named Massey University's Sportswoman of the Year in 2013. (stuff.co.nz, 16 Oct 2013)