Hoskins Sotutu (born 12 July 1998) is a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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 its m ...

player who plays for the in

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ...

. His playing position is flanker. His excellent form for the Blues in

Super Rugby Aotearoa Super Rugby Aotearoa currently named the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa for sponsorship purposes is a professional men's rugby union national club competition in New Zealand. Originally created to supplement the 2020 Super Rugby season, which was sus ...

resulted in a call-up to the

All Blacks 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 in 2020. Sotutu made his debut for the

off the bench against

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in the 1st

Bledisloe Cup The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition originally staged between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the competition is held has va ...

test on 11 October 2020.

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itsrugby.co.uk profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sotutu, Hoskins 1998 births New Zealand rugby union players Living people Rugby union flankers Auckland rugby union players Blues (Super Rugby) players New Zealand people of Fijian descent People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland Rugby union number eights Counties Manukau rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Rugby union players from Auckland