Melani Matavao
| Date of birth | 19 November 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melani Matavao (born 19 November 1995)[1] is a Samoan rugby union Scrum-Half who has plays for Samoa internationally.
Playing career
Matavao has come through Samoa's PPS Super 9 competition as a key player for the Aana Chiefs.[2] In 2015 Matavao was selected for the Samoan Under 20 side for the U20 World Championship in Italy.[3] Otago picked Matavao up in 2018 and he played 7 games in the 2018 Mitre 10 Cup season.[4] Matavao was the only local based Samoan player named in the Samoan 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,[5] making his debut for the Samoan national team in 2017.[6]
References
- ^ "Melani Matavao". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "One Local Player in Samoa's Rugby World Cup Squad". August 31, 2019.
- ^ "Matavao is the player to watch out for this weekend | Loop Samoa".
- ^ "Melani Matavao". New Zealand Rugby History. April 19, 2019.
- ^ "Sport: Manu Samoa name two new caps in RWC squad". RNZ. August 31, 2019.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Melani Matavao - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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