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Rugby player
Aotearoa Mata'u
Date of birth (1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 27)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight133 kg (293 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop, Loose forward
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2020 Counties Manukau 46 (120)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016–2017 New Zealand 8 (5)
Medal record
Women's rugby union
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ireland Team competition

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

Mata'u was selected in the Black Ferns 28-player squad that played the Wallaroos in a two-test series in October 2016. She made her international debut for New Zealand on 22 October 2016 against Australia in Auckland. She scored her only international try in a test against Canada on 23 November 2016.

She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.

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.

References

  1. "Black Ferns coach Glenn Moore names 28-strong squad for two-test series against Australia". Stuff. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. Donnelly, Alison (13 October 2016). "Black Ferns turn to 7s stars". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. Spork, Dru (19 October 2016). "WALLAROOS v BLACK FERNS – the Women's Bledisloe!". Green and Gold Rugby. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. Newman, Beth (22 October 2016). "The Wallaroos meet the Black Ferns at Eden Park". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. "Black Ferns retain world number one". NZ Herald. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. "New Zealand defeats Canada in women's rugby showdown". www.cbc.ca. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  7. "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.
  8. "Black Ferns World Cup squad named". RNZ. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. "Rugby: Giant Black Ferns prop Katie Mata'u on a rampage in Europe". NZ Herald. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. "Giant Black Ferns prop bulldozers her way through hapless defenders in ridiculous mismatch". www.rugbydump.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

External links

New Zealand women's squad – 2017 Rugby World Cup winners (5th title)
Forwards
Backs
Coach
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