Carl Henry Hoeft (born 13 November 1974, in Auckland) is a former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

footballer from New Zealand, currently working as coach. His usual position was at loosehead prop. He was a part of the

New Zealand national rugby union team The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ...

squad at both the

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and

2003 Rugby World Cup The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...

s. Hoeft was known as a powerful scrummager. He played club rugby for the

Highlanders (rugby union) The Highlanders (formerly the Otago Highlanders) is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competit ...

in New Zealand and for Castres Olympique and

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in France. After his retirement from rugby in late 2011 he became coach and entered the provincial side Waikato's staff as assistant for the scrum.

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IRB 2003 profile

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoeft, Carl 1974 births New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent New Zealand people of Dutch descent New Zealand people of German descent New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent New Zealand sportspeople of Tongan descent Highlanders (rugby union) players Rugby union props Expatriate rugby union players in France Living people Rugby union players from Auckland