Lance Hohaia
Hohaia playing for New Zealand in 2009
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Personal information
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| Full name | Lance Koro Hohaia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Huntly Hurricane | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
1 April 1983 Hamilton, New Zealand |
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Playing information
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth, Hooker, Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lance Koro Hohaia (born 1 April 1983) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league player. A New Zealand national representative utility back, he played in the National Rugby League for the New Zealand Warriors and the Super League for St. Helens, with whom he won the 2014 Super League championship. In 2008 Hohaia was a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team.
Hohaia played his junior football for the Taniwharau Rugby League club and attended Southwell School and St Paul's Collegiate School. Hohaia played for Waikato in 2001 and was also selected for the Northern Districts side that lost to the touring French side.
Lance was signed by the New Zealand Warriors and he moved up to Auckland. He made his debut in Round 4 2002 against the North Queensland Cowboys. Hohaia played for the Warriors from the interchange bench in their 2002 NRL Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters. Hohaia also made his international debut for the Kiwis in 2002.
Hohaia had great utility value and was often used by the Warriors at dummy half. However this utility value worked against Lance, as he struggled to claim a regular starting spot in the Warriors lineup and was often in and out of the team. When not selected by the first grade side he has played for the Manurewa Marlins, Waicoa Bay Stallions and Auckland Vulcans in the Bartercard Cup and NSWRL Premier League.
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