Sam Mataora

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Sam Mataora
File:Sam Mataora.jpg
Personal information
Born (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 35)
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–13 Canberra Raiders 33 2 0 0 8
2015–17 Newcastle Knights 30 2 0 0 8
Total 63 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–19 Cook Islands 8 0 0 0 0
2019 Cook Island 9s 3 0 0 0 0
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.

Background

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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 Road State High School.[2] He was then signed by the Canberra Raiders.[3]

Playing career

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Early career

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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

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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

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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

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

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

2013

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

2014

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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

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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

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

2017

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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]

Statistics

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Year Team Games Tries Pts
2010 File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 4
2011 10
2012 16 2 8
2013 3
2015 File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9
2016 20 2 8
2017 1
Totals 63 4 16

References

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  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. ^ [2] 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.
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