Pat Mata'utia

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Pat Mata'utia
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Mata'utia playing for the Knights in 2014.
Personal information
Full nameAlapati Mata'utia-Leifi [1]
Born (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30)
Campsie, New South Wales, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016 Newcastle Knights 142008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015 Samoa 10000
Source: [2]
As of 4 March 2018

Pat Mata'utia-Leifi (pronounced ma-ta-oo-tee-a) [3] (born 11 September 1993) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer. His positions are second-row and centre. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League.

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Background

Mata'utia was born in Campsie, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Samoan descent.

He played his junior rugby league for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Mata'utia is the younger brother of Knights teammates Peter Mata'utia and Chanel Mata'utia, and older brother of Knights teammate Sione Mata'utia. [4]

Playing career

Early career

In October 2011, Mata'utia played for the Australian Schoolboys. [5] In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. [6] [7] On 16 October 2013, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract. [8] In 2014, he graduated on to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team. [9] Late in September 2014, he signed a letter of intent to join the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a four-year contract starting in 2016, along with his brothers Chanel and Sione. [10] [11] However, the NRL's rules didn't allow Canterbury to register the contracts until 30 June 2015, leaving the option of staying at Newcastle open for the Mata'utias. [12]

2015

On 19 March, Mata'utia re-signed with the Newcastle outfit on a three-year contract, along with his brothers Chanel and Sione. [13] On 2 May, he played for Samoa against Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup, making his international debut on the wing in Samoa's 18-16 win at Cbus Super Stadium. [14] [15]

2016

In round 1 of the 2016 NRL season, Mata'utia made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Gold Coast Titans after the suspension of his brother Sione left open a position at centre. [16] He scored a try on debut in Newcastle's 12-30 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. [17] He finished the year with 14 appearances and two tries. [18]

2018

After not seeing NRL time for the last two seasons, Mata'utia parted ways with the Newcastle club at the end of the 2018 season. [19]

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