Hoani Matenga

Hoani Matenga
Birth name	Hoani Meihana Matenga
Date of birth	13 April 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Lock, Flanker, Number 8
Current team	Bay of Plenty
Senior career
Years	Team
2008–2010; 2011–2017; 2013–2014; 2015–2016; 2016; 2017–2018; 2018–	Otago; Stade Montois; Kubota Spears; Wellington; Blues; Alcobendas; Bay of Plenty
	Correct as of 17 March 2019
International career
Years	Team
2006; 2018	New Zealand U19; Māori All Blacks
	Correct as of 4 November 2018

Hoani Matenga is a professional rugby player and musician. He has represented New Zealand in the Maori All Blacks, and has played professionally in France, Japan, Spain and New Zealand. Matenga is also known as a musician, as an early member of the band Six60. He can play electric bass, and in the position of either lock or loose forward.

Born in Christchurch, he attended Christchurch Boys' High School and played for their first XV. In 2009, Matenga graduated from the University of Otago with degrees in marketing and tourism.^[1]

Matenga made his starting debut for Otago in their Ranfurly Shield challenge against Canterbury on 12 September 2009.^[1] He was a part of the Highlanders' wider training squad for the 2010 Super Rugby season. In 2011 he signed with Stade Montois in France. Looking for a better salary and easier rugby Matenga signed with the Kubota Spears in the Top League in Japan for the 2012-13 season.^{[citation needed]}

On the 28 October 2015 Matenga was named in the Template:Rut Blues squad for the 2016 Super Rugby Season.^[2]

Matenga was an original member of the New Zealand band, Six60, playing as a Bass guitarist.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	SIX60: Till the Lights Go Out	Himself

References

^ ^a ^b Steve Hepburn (12 September 2009). "Rugby: Mate against mate for Matenga". Otago Daily Times.
^ Jones, Dave. "Injured All Blacks key to new-look Blues squad for Super Rugby 2016". Stuff.
^ SIX60: Till the Lights Go Out (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 28 November 2020

[odt-1] Steve Hepburn (12 September 2009). "Rugby: Mate against mate for Matenga". Otago Daily Times.

[2] Jones, Dave. "Injured All Blacks key to new-look Blues squad for Super Rugby 2016". Stuff.

[3] SIX60: Till the Lights Go Out (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 28 November 2020

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