Chanel Mata'utia

Chanel Mata'utia
Mata'utia playing for the Knights in 2013.
Personal information
Born (1992-08-17) 17 August 1992
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position wing, centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Newcastle Knights 9 5 0 0 20
As of 6 March 2016
Source: Rugby League Project

Chanel Mata'utia (pronounced ma-ta-oo-tee-a)[1] (born 17 August 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at wing and centre.

Background

Born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Mata'utia is of Samoan descent and played his junior football for the Bankstown Cougars,[2] before moving to Newcastle, New South Wales at a young age and playing for the South Newcastle Lions in the Newcastle Rugby League. He was then signed by the Newcastle Knights.

Mata'utia is the younger brother of St. George Illawarra Dragons player Peter Mata'utia and older brother of fellow Newcastle Knights players Pat Mata'utia and Sione Mata'utia.[3]

Playing career

Early career

From 2010 to 2012, Mata'utia played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team.[4][5] On 21 April 2012, he played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team and scored a try.[6] In 2013, he moved on to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team.[7] On 16 October 2013, he re-signed with the Knights on a 1-year contract,[8] later extending it by another year in 2014.[9] On 9 July 2014, he played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents and scored two tries.[10]

2014

In Round 20 of the 2014 NRL season, Mata'utia made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Sydney Roosters,[11] alongside his brother Sione Mata'utia who also debuted for the Knights in the same game.[12] This was the first time since Round 1 of the 1942 NSWRFL season, that two brothers had debuted in the same game together, Bill and Doug McRitchie debuting for the St. George Dragons on that day.[13] On 9 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations,[14] but didn't make the final 24-man squad. Late in September 2014, he signed a letter of intent to join the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a 4-year contract starting in 2016, along with his brothers Sione and Pat.[15][16] However, the NRL's rules didn't allow the Bulldogs to register the contracts until 30 June 2015, leaving the option of staying at the Knights open for the Mata'utias.[17]

2015

On 19 March 2015, Mata'utia re-signed with the Knights on a 3-year contract, along with his brothers Sione and Pat.[18] On 3 May 2015, he again played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents and scored two tries, this time alongside his brother Peter.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Double debut for Mata'utias – Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ↑ Michael Carayannis (11 October 2014). "Sione Mata'utia may yet back out of agreement to join Canterbury Bulldogs". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Sione's set to debut – Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  4. ↑ "M". Nycdatabase.org. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  5. ↑ "Chanel Mata'utia player results, scores, news and statistics". rleague.com. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  6. ↑ "NSW secure an impressive victory over Queensland in the Toyota Under 20's State of Origin clash". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  7. ↑ NRL. "Vb Nsw Cup Team Lists – Round Nineteen". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  8. ↑ "Mata'utia trio plus Tetevano re-sign – Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  9. ↑ Keeble, Brett (18 August 2014). "Knights aim to lock in Mata'utia brothers | Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  10. ↑ "VB NSW Cup Rep Team go down to QLD Residents". NSWRL.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  11. ↑ "LATE MAIL: Knights v Roosters – Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  12. ↑ "Double debut for Mata'utias – Knights". newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  13. ↑ "Brothers Sione and Chanel Mata'utia make history with Knights debut | Newcastle Herald". theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  14. ↑ "Knights a plenty in Samoan train on squad – Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  15. ↑ "Bulldogs secure Knights' band of brothers Sione, Chanel and Pat Mata'utia". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  16. ↑ "Newcastle Knights rising star Sione Mata'utia to let mum decide his long-term playing future". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  17. ↑ Keeble, Brett (18 December 2014). "Agent tussle holds up Mata'utia talks | Newcastle Herald". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  18. ↑ "Mata'utia brothers re-sign – Knights". Newcastleknights.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  19. ↑ "Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-03.

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