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Rugby player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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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]
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