Sam Mataora

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Sam Mataora
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Personal information
Born (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 32)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2010–13 Canberra Raiders 332008
2015–17 Newcastle Knights 302008
Total6340016
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2009–19 Cook Islands 80000
2019 Cook Island 9s 30000
Source: [1]
As of 19 October 2019

Sam Mataora (born 20 October 1990) is a Cook Island professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Canberra Raiders and Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. His positions were prop and second-row.

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Background

Born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Mataora moved to Brisbane, Australia when he was 11 years old and played his junior football for Souths Sunnybank while attending Cavendish State High School. [2] He was then signed by the Canberra Raiders. [3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2009 and 2010, Mataora played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team. [4] In 2009, he played for the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup.

2010

In Round 8 of the 2010 NRL season, Mataora made his NRL debut for the Raiders against the New Zealand Warriors. [5] He played for the Junior Kiwis that year [6] and was named at second-row in the 2010 NYC Team of the Year.

2011

In 2011, Mataora was selected in the Cook Islands 18-man squad to face New Zealand at the end of the year, although the NZRL called off the match due to players being unavailable. [7]

2012

In June 2012, Mataora re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract. [8] [9]

Mataora playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties Sammataora.jpg
Mataora playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties

2013

In 2013, Mataora played for the Cook Islands in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

2014

In July 2014, Mataora joined the Newcastle Knights mid-season for the remainder of the year. [10] On 1 November 2014, he re-signed with the Knights on a 3-year contract. [11] [12]

2015

In Round 12 of the 2015 NRL season, Mataora made his Knights debut against the New Zealand Warriors. [13] On 27 September, he played in the Knights' 2015 New South Wales Cup Grand Final victory over the Wyong Roos. [14] [15] On 17 October, he played for the Cook Islands against Tonga in their Asia-Pacific Qualifier match for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup [16]

2016

Mataora experience a breakout year in 2016, playing in 20 matches for the Knights and scoring 2 tries. [17]

2017

Due to injuries and fitness, Mataora only played 1 match for the Knights NRL side in 2017. [18] He retired from the game in July after struggling to cope with depression. [19] [20]

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  2. ↑ "Queensland Secondary Schools 15 years State Carnival – Redcliffe - QLD SECONDARY SCHOOLS RUGBY LEAGUE - OPENS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS". OURFOOTY. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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  4. ↑ Archived 5 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "NRL 2010 - Round 8". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Nine NYC-winning Warriors named in Jnr Kiwis Archived 30 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine NRL.com (2010-10-06)
  7. ↑ Kiwis cancel test against Cook Islands. Stuff.co.nz (2011-09-28). Retrieved on 2012-06-15.
  8. ↑ Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Raiders secure young gun Mataora. Sports News First (2012-05-30). Retrieved on 2012-06-15.
  10. ↑ "Knights sign Sam Mataora - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Knights sign Mataora and Vaivai - Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Keeble, Brett (22 September 2014). "Panthers likely to throw Packer a lifeline | Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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