Vila Matautia

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Vila Matautia
Personal information
Full nameVila Matautia
Born (1969-08-31) 31 August 1969 (age 54)
Samoa
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1990–95 Doncaster 833402138
1995–01 St. Helens 145240096
2002 Leigh Centurions 252008
Total2536002242
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995 Samoa 230012
2000 USA
Source: [1] [2]
As of 10 Sep 2020

Vila Matautia is a Samoan former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. [1] [2] He was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also played with St Helens in the Super League, having championship and Challenge Cup Final success with them.

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Background

Matautia was born in Samoa.

Club career

Matautia started his career at Doncaster in 1990. [3]

Matautia played for St Helens from the interchange bench in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Bulls. [4] Matautia played for St. Helens from the interchange bench in their 1999 Super League Grand Final victory over Bradford Bulls.

Matautia appeared as a substitute (replacing Prop Ian Pickavance on 25-minutes) in St. Helens' 16-25 defeat by Wigan in the 1995–96 Regal Trophy Final during the 1995–96 at Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield on Saturday 13 January 1996. [5] As Super League V champions, St. Helens played against 2000 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos in the 2001 World Club Challenge. Matautia played from the interchange bench in Saints' victory.

Matautia left Saints and joined Leigh Centurions in 2002. [6]

Representative career

Matautia represented Samoa, and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also played for the United States rugby league team, trying to get them into the 2000 Rugby League World Cup through his grandmother who was born in Hawaii. [7]

Assault conviction

In December 2017, he assaulted a 15-year-old Rainford High Technology College pupil, inflicting a broken nose, fractured cheek bone and severe bruising. In July 2018, he pleaded guilty and received a seven-month sentence, suspended for 18 months. [8] [9]

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