Chance Peni-Ataera (born 17 January 1994) is a rugby footballer who, as of 2019, plays for the Hino Red Dolphins in the Japan Top League competition. He has previously played rugby league for the Cook Islands at international level.
Background
Peni was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. He is of Cook Islands and Māori descent.
Although Peni was born in New Zealand and lived a short period in the Chatham Islands before he moved to Perth, Western Australia at a young age, playing rugby for Wests Subiaco and playing for Willagee Bears in the Western Australian Rugby League. He then moved to Newcastle, New South Wales and playing for the Western Suburbs Rosellas before being signed by the Newcastle Knights. Peni was educated at Aranmore Catholic College in Perth.