Hilda Peters

Hilda Peters (born 9 August 1983) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Hilda Peters
Personal information
Born (1983-08-09) 9 August 1983
Auckland, New Zealand
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
PositionWing, Second-row, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– New Zealand Warriors 9 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–19 New Zealand 8 3 0 0 12
2019 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 4 November 2020
Source: RLP

Primarily a winger, she is a New Zealand representative.

Background

Born in Auckland, Peters began playing rugby league when she was 19.[1] Her younger sisters, Rona and Kahurangi, are also New Zealand Test representatives.[2]

Peters, who is of Māori descent, has a moko kauae (a traditional Māori face tattoo) and is fluent in te reo.[3][4]

Playing career

On 9 November 2014, Peters made her debut for New Zealand in their 12–8 win over Australia, playing alongside her sisters Rona and Kahurangi.[5]

In November 2017, she was a member of New Zealand's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad.[6] On 2 December 2017, she started at second-row in New Zealand's final loss to Australia.[7]

On 31 July 2018, she was named in the inaugural New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters. Her try was the first ever try scored in the NRL Women's Premiership.[9]

On 15 February 2019, she started on the wing for the Māori All Stars in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[10]

In September 2020, Hale was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.[11]

References
  1. "NZRL - Hilda Mariu". NZRL.
  2. "Mariu-Peters family bragging rights on line in Warriors-Broncos clash". NRL. 19 September 2018.
  3. "Sacred acts & footy". Athletes Voice. 26 September 2018.
  4. "Hilda Mariu at centre of history". NZ Herald. 25 August 2018.
  5. "New Zealand's answer to the Burgess clan". NRL. 7 November 2014.
  6. "Kiwi Ferns named". NZ Warriors. 13 October 2017.
  7. "Kiwi Ferns fall to Jillaroos in Rugby League World Cup final". stuff.co.nz. 2 December 2017.
  8. "Vodafone Warriors unveil NRL women's premiership squad". NZ Warriors. 1 August 2018.
  9. "NRLW: Laura and Hilda Mariu are all footy, at work and at home". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2018.
  10. "2019 Women's All Stars named". The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2019.
  11. "The historical island set to inspire fab five Warriors women". NRL. 13 September 2020.
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