WOMENZSPORTS is hyped to share our kōrero with the multi-talented Honey Hireme-Smiler in this episode about women's rugby league in New Zealand! Sports journalist and rugby player Alice Soper sits down with the Waikato-raised sports icon to chat about how sometimes you need to take the wrong paths in order to find your way to the right ones. Honey talks about how her upbringing led to finding a sense of belonging on the rugby field, and how she now dedicates her life to service. She also shares how grief and caretaking impacted her career, remembering back to winning the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s as the captain of the Kiwi Ferns, mere weeks after losing her mom to cancer.

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