quarterfinals. She played in the semi-final against France and then the final in which the Black Ferns bet England to become World Champions. Awards and honours In 2013, she received the Massey University Manawatu campus sportswoman of-the-year award. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hirini was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby. She was nominated, for the fourth time in six years, as the World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year. She was the first woman to play 200 matches in the global circuit. Her mother, sister and niece made the trip to the south of France to witness her 200th game. In 2022, she became the third woman to appear on the cover of the New Zealand Rugby Almanack. Personal life Of Māori descent, She affiliates to the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. She married Conor Hirini in January 2019. While based at Mount Maunganui she obtained her private pilot’s license in 2021, after three years of study. References External links All Blacks Profile 1992 births Living people Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand New Zealand female rugby union players New Zealand women's international rugby union players New Zealand female rugby sevens players New Zealand women's international rugby sevens players New Zealand Māori rugby union players Ngāti Kahungunu people Massey University alumni People educated at Feilding High School Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Manawatu rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand People from Feilding 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games