Sam Mataora

Sam Mataora

Personal information
Born	(1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 26) Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010–13 Canberra Raiders 33 2 0 0 8 2015– Newcastle Knights 30 2 0 0 8 Total 63 4 0 0 16 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–17 Cook Islands 7 0 0 0 0
As of 6 August 2016 Source:

Sam Mataora (born 20 October 1990) is a Cook Island professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He plays at prop and second-row. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders.

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 State High School. He was then signed by the Canberra Raiders.

In 2009 and 2010, Mataora played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team. In 2009, he played for the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup.

In Round 8 of the 2010 NRL season, Mataora made his NRL debut for the Raiders against the New Zealand Warriors. He played for the Junior Kiwis that year and was named at second-row in the 2010 NYC Team of the Year.

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.

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

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