Mata'utia playing for the Knights in 2013.
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Personal information
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Born |
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
17 August 1992 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 6 March 2016
Source: Rugby League Project
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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.
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.
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.