Sarah Hirini: From farm-girl to world champion (re-release)

On this episode of Between Two Beers we’re rewinding the clock back to August of 2021 when we talked to Sarah Hirini.

Sarah was one of the most impressive guests we’ve had on the podcast and after watching her epic display helping the Black Ferns win the Rugby World Cup final – we figured it was a pretty good time to re-share her message. 

Sarah is an Olympic Games gold and silver medalist, a commonwealth Games gold medalist, a six-time sevens world series winner, two-time Women's Rugby World Cup winner, and was New Zealand’s flagbearer at the Tokyo Olympics, the first Māori woman to ever have that honour. 

In this episode we talked about her rugged Fielding farm-girl upbringing, why Honey Hireme-Smiler considers her the greatest leader she’s ever played with, the emotional rollercoaster of the six months before the Tokyo Olympics after tragically losing her mum, how the eccentric Ruby Tui won the world’s heart and much, much more. 

Sarah's CV is impressive, but her personality is better. It’s easy to see why she is held in such high regard by everyone she plays with. She oozes class and control, while also being so open and honest. A special thanks to Sarah for being so open about the loss of her mum, there were parts in this episode when we were all in tears. 

The audio on this one is a little niggly in patches, it was recorded when Sarah was in MIQ, but stick with it, you’ll find its worth it, and we’ve cut out the first 10 mins from the original recording – as it was all MIQ chat – and no one wants to hear that again in 2022. 

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