Karena Wihongi

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Karena Wihongi
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1979-09-29) September 29, 1979
Place of birth	New Zealand
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	130 kg (20 st 7 lb) ^[1]
Playing career
Position	Prop
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2005–2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 2011-	Oyonnax Bourgoin Sale Sharks Castres	31 58	(0) (15)
correct as of 10 July 2010.

Karena Wihongi (born 29 September 1979, in New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and has "a reputation for powerful scrummaging courtesy of his hefty 19st 9lb, 6ft 1in frame." He previously played his club rugby for the Aviva Premiership side Sale Sharks, to whom he was signed in 2010. He came from former French clubs Oyonnax Rugby and CS Bourgoin Jallieu; he is a French qualified player based on residency. The Sale Sharks' coach stated that "He was on my priority list as soon as I was appointed and was delighted when he signed on the dotted line."^[2] He currently plays for Castres Olympique in the Top 14.

Notes

↑ "Eurosport.com Australia". web page. Eurosport. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
↑ "BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Sale snap up France-qualified prop Karena Wihongi". BBC Online. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.

References

"European Club Rugby: Player Records – Karena Wihongi".

v t e Castres Olympique squad

Forwards	Bonello Bornman Caballero Capo Ortega Claassen Coetzee Diarra Faaselele Forestier Jooste Lazăr Mach Peikrishvili Rallier Rolland Samson Taumoepeau Tekori Wannenburg Wihongi

Backs	Andreu Bai Bernard Bonnefond Cabannes Dulin Evans Garvey Kirkpatrick Kockott Lacrampe Lakafia Lamerat Martial Sanchou Tales Teulet

Coach	Labit and Travers

Persondata
Name	Wihongi, Karena
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	29 September 1979
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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