Jarrad Hoeata (born 12 December 1983) is a professional

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player who plays for New Zealand side

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. He made his debut for the

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during the 2011 Tri Nations tournament.

Early life

Hoeata was born on 12 December 1983 in Tauranga where he grew up in Papamoa in the

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but moved to

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to study for a teaching career. He comes from a family of four brothers and a sister. Hoeata's sporting talents centred on

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in which he played for the New Zealand secondary schools team in regular series against Australia. But in his latter years at school he showed some rugby talent and was selected in the Tauranga Boys' College first XV and then the

secondary schools side. After his schooldays in

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, Hoeata headed for

to try his hand at Teachers College, while also having a crack at advancing his rugby. After a season of club rugby, playing alongside the likes of

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and Reuben Thorne on occasions, Canterbury officials saw his talent and was whisked into the union's academy setup and went on to play for Canterbury and the Crusaders development team.

Domestic career

Hoeata largely played for Canterbury B but made one appearance for

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– "in

' last game" – a

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defence against Marlborough in 2005. He came off the bench but hasn't been remembered if it was to replace Thorne on the blindside flank or one of the starting locks. The 2006 season proved to be a turning point for Hoeata, then aged 23. He made the move to

. It became clear Hoeata would have to leave

just because there were so many All Blacks there. He added another 13 caps in 2007 from a one-match suspension. After making a dangerous charge on North Harbour fullback George Pisi. After losing much of 2008 to a serious knee injury Hoeata established himself as a regular starter for

in the

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after making 12 starts to earn himself a

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contract. Hoeata earned a spot with the Chiefs for the

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, and spent the season as a depth player on the squad, making 5 appearances but not starting a match. But got his chance to make his

debut off the bench against the Bulls. Hoeata's 2010 season with

started on a sour note with a drunk-driving arrest but he rebounded with his strongest season for Taranaki in the

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, scoring two tries as the province was one of the surprises of the competition. When

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, who had previously coached Hoeata with the New Zealand Māori, offered Hoeata a chance to move south to join the Highlanders for the

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, Hoeata jumped at the chance. While he played mainly at flanker with

, Joseph chose to use him as a lock and he developed into one of the form players of the competition, with his strong play keeping

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Tom Donnelly on the substitute's bench. In January 2018, Hoeata joined French

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side

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as a medical joker replacement for the injured

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International career

After a strong season with Taranaki, Hoeata was selected to the New Zealand Māori for their 2010 Centenary Series. Used as a lock by coach

, he started all three games in the series and was one of the standouts in victories over

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and

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. Hoeata's strong performances with the Highlanders saw him garner attention as a potential future

, and he was selected to the national squad for the

2011 Tri Nations Series The 2011 Tri Nations Series was the sixteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks. It was also t ...

. He made his All Blacks debut on 22 July 2011 against Fiji in a 60–14 victory. However he narrowly missed selection to the victorious New Zealand squad for the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South ...

References

External links

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