Aotearoa Mata'u
| Date of birth | 2 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 133 kg (293 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aotearoa Mata'u (born 2 May 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She played Prop for New Zealand internationally and for Counties Manukau provincially.
Rugby career
[edit]Mata'u was selected in the Black Ferns 28-player squad that played the Wallaroos in a two-test series in October 2016.[1][2] She made her international debut for New Zealand on 22 October 2016 against Australia in Auckland.[3][4] She scored her only international try in a test against Canada on 23 November 2016.[5][6]
She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[7][8]
In 2018, Mata'u featured in a YouTube video that highlighted her fending off five defenders in a try-scoring run by the giant prop for her Portuguese club, Sporting.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Black Ferns coach Glenn Moore names 28-strong squad for two-test series against Australia". Stuff. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Donnelly, Alison (13 October 2016). "Black Ferns turn to 7s stars". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Spork, Dru (19 October 2016). "WALLAROOS v BLACK FERNS – the Women's Bledisloe!". Green and Gold Rugby. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Newman, Beth (22 October 2016). "The Wallaroos meet the Black Ferns at Eden Park". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Black Ferns retain world number one". NZ Herald. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand defeats Canada in women's rugby showdown". www.cbc.ca. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ^ "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". RNZ. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Rugby: Giant Black Ferns prop Katie Mata'u on a rampage in Europe". NZ Herald. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Giant Black Ferns prop bulldozers her way through hapless defenders in ridiculous mismatch". www.rugbydump.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.