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Pierre Hola (born 9 June 1978) is an Australian-born former rugby union footballer. He represented Tonga and played club rugby in the Australian Shute Shield for Eastwood.
| Birth name | Raymond Pierre Hola | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 9 June 1978[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 124 kg (19 st 7 lb; 273 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Canterbury Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editHola made his debut for Tonga in September 1998 in a match against Samoa, and has since earned 57 test caps, including representing Tonga at the 2003 Rugby World Cup[2] in Australia where he was their top scorer and the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[citation needed]
In 2016 he began playing for the Helensvale Hogs.[3]
2007 RWC
editHe was an integral part of Tonga's successful rugby world cup 2007 campaign again being their top scorer kicking 44 points for the 2nd consecutive world cup tournament. A memorable moment for him came from the hard-fought 30-25 loss to the eventual champions South Africa. Trapped inside the Tongan 22, he launched a cross field kick to set up a counterattack which resulted in one of the tries of the tournament (scored by Viliami Vaki).
Pacific Nations Cup
editHola was a late call-up for the Tongan team in the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup. He would play in their 35-13 loss to Japan, 15-20 defeat to Samoa and 27-16 victory over Fiji. He has since been selected for the 2008 Pacific Islanders rugby union team to tour Europe in November playing games against France, England and Italy.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Pierre Hola Tonga". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Tonga squad named for World Cup". New Zealand Herald. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Former Tonga Test rugby union fly half Pierre Hola playing for Helensvale Hogs". Gold Coast Bulletin. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Islanders pick cream of World Cup crop to face England". Reuters. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
External links
edit- IRB Profile Archived 27 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine