Aaron Heremaia
Personal information
Born	9 July 1982 (1982-19-09) (age 27)
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Hooker
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2009–	New Zealand Warriors	11	1	0	0	4
As of 2 November 2009
Source: RLP

Aaron Heremaia (born 9 July 1982) is a New Zealand rugby league player who currently plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. His position of preference is at halfback.

[edit] Playing career

Educated at Tangaroa College and a Manurewa Marlins junior, Heremaia started his career in 2001 playing for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders in the Bartercard Cup whilst on a New Zealand Warriors development contract.^[1] Here he played under successful coaches Tony Benson and Brian McClennan. In 2004 Heremaia moved to Australia to play in the NSWRL Premier League, where he represented the Western Suburbs Magpies and North Sydney Bears in successive years.

In 2006 he moved to England to play for the Leigh Centurions in the National League One, again linking up with Tony Benson. That year Heremaia was part of the team that won the Northern Rail Cup. He has also played for the Widnes Vikings in 2007 and Halifax RLFC in 2008.^[2]

Returning to New Zealand and the Manurewa Marlins, Heremaia was able to make the Auckland Vulcans team for 2008, playing in the NSW Cup. From here he was able to impress the New Zealand Warriors and was signed to a contract for the 2009 season. He made his first grade debut in Round Twelve against the Wests Tigers.^[3] He has be re-signed by the Warriors until the end of the 2011 season.^[4]

[edit] International career

Heremaia played for the Junior Kiwis in 2001. In 2004 he played for the New Zealand Māori in a two test series against the Cook Islands.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Warriors player profile
• Centurions player profile

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