Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te whara nui o te turi i pupuri ia i waho o te marae i roto i te 2005/06 wa, Gro Hammerseng whakahuatia tona angitu 2004 i te 2006 Pākehā Championship i Sweden. I riro i a ia tana mētara koura tuarua, a, i whakaingoatia ano ia hei MVP me te mema o te kapa All-Star o te whakataetae. I te Whakataetae o te Ao 2007
, I hinga a Norway ki a Russia i te tukinga whakamutunga, e tohu ana i te mētara hiriwa tuatoru mo Hammerseng. I pōtitia ia ki te kapa All-Star hei kaihautū maui pai rawa atu.