Sam Matenga
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| Full name | Samuel Israel Matenga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 May 1998 Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (18 st 4 lb; 256 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gisborne Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Israel Matenga (born 8 May 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for Tasman in the Bunnings NPC competition and the Crusaders in Super Rugby.[1] His position is prop.
Tasman
[edit | edit source]Matenga made his debut for Tasman in Round 5 of the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup against Counties Manukau at Pukekohe Stadium in Auckland. He played 3 games for Tasman in 2019. In September 2020 he was named in the Tasman Mako squad for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup.[2] Matenga was part of the side as the Mako went on to win their second premiership title in a row. He had a stand out season in the 2021 Bunnings NPC as Tasman again made the premiership final, this time losing to Waikato 23–20.
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Sam Matenga at ItsRugby.co.ukLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby union players
- People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School
- Rugby union players from Gisborne, New Zealand
- Rugby union props
- Seattle Seawolves players
- Tasman rugby union players
- 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Crusaders (rugby union) players
- Blues (Super Rugby) players