Nikola Matawalu
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| Birth name | Nikola Matawalu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suva, Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Suva Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikola Matawalu (born 8 March 1989) is a Fiji international rugby union footballer. He plays in the Scrum-half position but can also cover Wing. He plays for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14 league.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Matawalu has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[1]
Professional career
Niko joined Glasgow Warriors for the start of the 2012–13 Pro12 season on a one-year contract. He impressed during his first season, scoring 9 tries in 22 appearances, and was awarded with a contract extension to keep him at the Glasgow club until 2015.[2]
In December 2014, it was announced that he would join English Premiership outfit Bath Rugby for the 2015-16 campaign.[3]
In November 2016, it was announced he had signed for Exeter Chiefs.[4] His time in Exeter was disrupted when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in December 2016,[5] something he was cleared of in August 2017 - having already already been released by the club.[6]
On 31 August 2017 Glasgow Warriors announced that they had re-signed Matawalu on a year's contract with the option of a second year.[7]
International career
In May 2010 he was selected to represent Fiji in their 2010 tour to Australia.
References
- ^ http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/08/21/tennent%E2%80%99s-premiership-clubs-decide-pro-player-draft
- ^ http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/news/16536.php
- ^ "Bath sign Fiji scrum-half Nikola Matawalu from Glasgow Warriors". Sky Sports. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Exeter Chiefs sign Niko Matawalu from Premiership rivals Bath". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Rugby player on sex assault charge". BBC News. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ Clark, Daniel (11 August 2017). "Former Exeter Chiefs player cleared of sexually assaulting woman". devonlive. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/08/31/matawalu-returns-glasgow
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- Fijian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
- Fijian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Rugby union wings
- Sportspeople from Suva
- Male rugby sevens players
- I-Taukei Fijian people
- Bath Rugby players
- Exeter Chiefs players
- Stirling County RFC players
- Fijian rugby union biography stubs