Temalisi Fakahokotau (born 9 September 1994) is a New Zealand netball player of Tongan descent. She first played for the national team in 2014.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
9 September 1994 New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| School | Westlake Girls High School | ||
| Netball career | |||
| Playing position(s): GD, WD, GK | |||
| Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |
| 2014–16 | Northern Mystics | ||
| 2017–18, 20 | Mainland Tactix | ||
| 2021 | Waikato BOP Magic | ||
| 2022– | Central Pulse | ||
| Years | National team(s) | Caps | |
| 2014–18 | New Zealand | 22 | |
Early life
editFakahokotau was born in New Zealand of Tongan parents on 9 September 1994. She is one of nine siblings, and has seven brothers and one sister. She attended Westlake Girls High School in Auckland, where she was Sportswoman of the Year in 2012. She was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squad and represented the Northern Zone in Under-23 competition. In 2014 she joined the Northern Mystics team to compete in the ANZ Premiership. She made her New Zealand debut in the 2014 Constellation Cup against Australia.[1][2][3]
Professional career
editIn 2017 she joined the Mainland Tactix, a team based in Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island. In 2018 she was the Team Player of the Year for the Tactix and led the ANZ Premiership in all defensive statistics, but in September of that year she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which meant that she was unable to play for New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. She joined Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2020, wishing to return to the north to be near her family. At the end of 2021 she signed for the Central Pulse team, but not long after stepped down from the Pulse for the 2022 season, highlighting family priorities.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Fakahokotau made a surprise move by joining the Saracens Mavericks for the remainder of the United Kingdom's 2022 Netball Superleague season. [10]
References
edit- ^ "New Mystics Signing Motivated By Latest Opportunity". Netball New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Temalisi Fakahokotau". www.silverferns.co.nz. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Netball New Zealand – Ninetieth Annual Report 2014" (PDF). www.silverferns.co.nz. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "TEMALISI FAKAHOKOTAU". ANZ Premiership. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Fakahokotau shifts north, Burger coming south". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Netball: Long wait finally over for Temalisi Fakahokotau". RNZ. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Temalisi Fakahokotau wins player of the year award". Matangi Tonga Online. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "International Test Series: The stars to watch". Origin Diamonds. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Temalisi Fakahokotau's Silver Fern World Cup dream 'gone with a click'". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Former Silver Fern Temalisi Fakahokotau signs with UK side". RNZ. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.