Joshua Wolfe Hohneck (born 6 January 1986) is a New Zealand

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footballer. His regular playing position is as a

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. He has played for the Championship winning Highlanders in

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

and

Waikato The Waikato () is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the nort ...

in the

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. On 31 March 2016, Hohneck traveled to England to join

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in the

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby ...

from the 2016–17 season. On 23 July 2020, Hohneck announced he left Gloucester to return to New Zealand for personal reasons. Instead, he re-signed with for the

2020 Mitre 10 Cup The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season was the 15th season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on September 11, when North Harbour (National Provincial Championship), North Har ...

Career honours

Chiefs *Super Rugby –

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Highlanders *Super Rugby –

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

References

External links

Chiefs profileBay of Plenty profileYahoo NZ profile
Living people 1986 births New Zealand rugby union players Chiefs (Super Rugby) players Bay of Plenty rugby union players Waikato rugby union players Otago rugby union players Highlanders (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Auckland Rugby union props Māori All Blacks players Gloucester Rugby players New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in England Ngāti Whātua people Ngāti Manuhiri people People educated at Waiuku College 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub