Name Chanel Mata'utia Career start 2013 Weight 98 kg | Height 1.83 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Siblings Sione Mata'utia, Peter Mata'utia, Pat Mata'utia, Janamarie Mata'utia, Josephine Mata'utia, Sylvia Mata'utia Similar People Sione Mata'utia, Peter Mata'utia, Pat Mata'utia, Paterika Vaivai, Sam Mataora | ||
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Chanel Mata'utia (pronounced ma-ta-oo-tee-a) (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.
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Background
Born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Mata'utia is of Samoan descent and played his junior football for the Bankstown Cougars, 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 Knights teammate Peter Mata'utia and older brother of Knights teammates Pat Mata'utia and Sione Mata'utia.
Early career
From 2010 to 2012, Mata'utia played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team. On 21 April 2012, he played for the New South Wales Under-20s team against the Queensland Under-20s team and scored a try. In 2013, he moved on to the Knights' New South Wales Cup team. On 16 October 2013, he re-signed with the Knights on a 1-year contract, later extending it by another year in 2014. On 9 July 2014, he played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents and scored two tries.
2014
In Round 20 of the 2014 NRL season, Mata'utia made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Sydney Roosters, alongside his brother Sione Mata'utia who also debuted for the Knights in the same game. 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. On 9 September 2014, he was named in the Samoa train-on squad for the 2014 Four Nations, 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. 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.
2015
On 19 March 2015, Mata'utia re-signed with the Knights on a 3-year contract, along with his brothers Sione and Pat. 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.