Full name | Samuel Sireli Matavesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 January 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Truro, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Camborne Science and International Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Josh Matavesi (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Matavesi (born 13 January 1992) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for the Northampton Saints in the Premiership Rugby competition but also had a short stint with Top 14 side, Toulouse. [1] His position of choice is hooker even though he has played at Blindside flanker and Number 8 for Plymouth.
Sam is the younger brother of Josh Matavesi. His father, Sireli Matavesi came to England in the 1980s from Fiji and never left. He played for Cornwall, a team his 3 sons also played for. Sam also works for the Royal Navy, working out of the RNAS Culdrose as well as playing for their rugby union team. [2]
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