Matt Gafa

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Matt Gafa
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Personal information
Full nameMatthew Gafa
Born (1978-08-31) 31 August 1978 (age 44)
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Centre, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997 Canberra Raiders 20000
2004–05 Canberra Raiders 4031510154
2006–09 Harlequins RL 7824120120
Total12055630274
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Malta
As of 25 January 2019

Matt Gafa (born 31 August 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He was a Malta international. He last played for Harlequins RL in the Super League. He had previously played for the Canberra Raiders [1] in the NRL and has also played in Elite One Championship in France. [2] Gafa's usual position was as a centre. He could also operate on the wing. In 2007, he has moved into the forwards in the second-row, and has also operated at loose forward. In the past he had also operated in the stand-off role.

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Playing career

Gafa made his first grade debut for Canberra in Round 1 1997 against Cronulla-Sutherland. In 2003, Gafa was a member of the reserve grade premiership winning team scoring an individual 348 points.

After a six-year absence from first grade, Gafa returned to the team in 2004 and became a regular starter before departing for England at the end of 2005. Gafa joined Harlequins in 2006 who were previously known as the London Broncos.

At one point in his career at Harlequins, he was the leading try-scorer in 2008's Super League XIII running in 4-tries in the opening two rounds of the engage Super League. [3]

Gafa left Harlequins at the end of 2009 to return to Australia. Gafa then became captain of the Belconnen United Scholars in the Canberra Raiders Cup. [4] [5]

Post playing

Gafa currently works for the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Belconnen.

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References

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  2. "McDermott in Paul Plea". Sportinglife. 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
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