Jarrad Hoeata (born 12 December 1983) is a professional rugby union player who plays for the Cardiff Blues in Wales. He made his debut for the All Blacks during the 2011 Tri Nations tournament.
Hoeata was born on 12 December 1983 in Tauranga where he grew up in Papamoa in the Bay of Plenty but moved to Christchurch to study for a teaching career. He comes from a family of four brothers and a sister.
Hoeata's sporting talents centred on volleyball in which he played for the New Zealand secondary schools team in regular series against Australia. But in his latter years at school he showed some rugby talent and was selected in the Tauranga Boys' College first XV and then the Bay of Plenty secondary schools side.