Sarah Hirini

Sarah Hirini, born Sarah Goss on 9 December 1992, is a New Zealand women's rugby union player who has played both the fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side games. She grew up in the Oroua Valley near Feilding in a family of champion shearers and began playing rugby at thirteen after first playing hockey. As captain of the New Zealand women's sevens team she won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics and back-to-back gold at the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics, and the side took the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series title in seven seasons. She was also in the New Zealand squads that won the Rugby World Cup in 2017 and 2021, and as of 2025 has played more games for the sevens team than anyone.