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| Born | Raymond Pierre Hola (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (age 47)[1] Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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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Pierre Hola (born 9 June 1978) is an Australian-born formerrugby union footballer. He representedTonga and played club rugby in the AustralianShute Shield forEastwood.
Hola made his debut for Tonga in September 1998 in a match againstSamoa, and has since earned 57 test caps, including representing Tonga at the2003 Rugby World Cup[2] in Australia where he was their top scorer and the2007 Rugby World Cup.[citation needed]
In 2016, he began playing for the Helensvale Hogs.[3]
He was an integral part of Tonga's successfulrugby 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 byViliami Vaki).[citation needed]
Hola was a late call-up for the Tongan team in the2008 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 2008Pacific Islanders rugby union team to tour Europe in November, playing games against France, England and Italy.[4]
