Willie Mason

Willie Mason

Personal information
Full name	William Marshall Mason
Nickname	Big Willie
Born	(1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	119 kg (18 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–07 Bulldogs 148 36 0 0 144 2008–09 Sydney Roosters 40 8 0 0 32 2010 NQ Cowboys 23 1 0 0 4 2011 Hull Kingston Rovers 6 1 0 0 4 2012–14 Newcastle Knights 60 2 0 0 8 2015 Manly Warringah 19 1 0 0 4 2016 Catalans Dragons 14 1 0 0 4 Total 310 50 0 0 200 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000 Tonga 3 2 0 0 8 2002–08 Australia 24 7 0 0 28 2003–13 NSW Country 4 0 0 0 0 2003–08 New South Wales 13 1 0 0 4 2013 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011 Toulon 1 0 0 0 0 2011 Barbarian FC 1 0 0 0 0 Total 2 0 0 0 0
As of 28 March 2016 Source:

Willie Mason (born 15 April 1980) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. A Tonga and Australia national, and New South Wales State of Origin representative Second-row forward or prop, he has previously played for NRL clubs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, with whom he won the 2004 NRL Premiership and Clive Churchill Medal, Sydney Roosters, North Queensland Cowboys, Newcastle Knights and Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, English Super League club, Hull Kingston Rovers and Top 14 rugby union club Toulon. Mason has been associated with many controversial off-field incidents which have received media publicity due to his high profile in the NRL.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand to a mother of Tongan, Samoan and African American descent and an Australian father, Mason moved to Australia at a young age and grew up in Toronto, New South Wales playing his junior football for the Toronto Macquarie Scorpions and the Lakes United Seagulls.