Vila Matautia

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Vila Matautia
Personal information
Full name	Vila Matautia
Born	(1969-08-31) 31 August 1969
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??–94	Doncaster
1995–01	St Helens	64	9	0	0	36
2002–??	Leigh Centurions
	Total	64	9	0	0	36
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995	Samoa	2	3	0	0	12
2000	USA
Source: Rugby League Project

Vila Matautia is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He was a Samoan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also played with St. Helens in Super League, having championship and Challenge Cup final success with them.

Matautia played for St Helens from the interchange bench in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Bulls.^[1] Matautia played for St Helens RLFC from the interchange bench in their 1999 Super League Grand Final victory over Bradford Bulls. He played for the United States rugby league team, trying to get them into the 2000 Rugby League World Cup through his grandmother who was born in Hawaii.^[2] As Super League V champions, St Helens RLFC played against 2000 NRL Premiers, the Brisbane Broncos in the 2001 World Club Challenge. Matautia played from the interchange bench in Saints' victory.

References

↑ "steveprescottfoundation.co.uk". Steve Prescott Stats. Steve Prescott Foundation. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
↑ Hadfield, Dave (1999-11-21). "Lebanese have talent to star on the Disney stage". The Independent. independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-10-06.

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v t e Western Samoa squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup

Afoa Elia Koko Laumatia Maea Malietoa-Brown Matautia Panapa Perelini Piva Poching Ropati Schuster (capt) Setefano Solomona Suluvale Swann Tatupu Tuilaepa Tuigamala P. Tuimavave T. Tuimavave Va'a J. Vagana N. Vagana Coach: Lowe

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 2001 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Sean Hoppe 3 Kevin Iro 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 David Fairleigh 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Sonny Nickle 11 Chris Joynt 12 Peter Shiels 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 Steve Hall 15 Anthony Stewart 16 Vila Matautia 17 Tim Jonkers Coach: Ian Millward

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 2001 World Club Challenge winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Sean Hoppe 3 Kevin Iro 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 David Fairleigh 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Sonny Nickle 11 Chris Joynt 12 Peter Shiels 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 Anthony Stewart 15 Vila Matautia 16 Tim Jonkers 17 John Stankevitch Coach: Ian Millward

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 2000 Super League champions

1 Paul Wellens 2 Steve Hall 3 Kevin Iro 4 Sean Hoppe 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Sean Long 8 Apollo Perelini 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Julian O'Neill 11 Tim Jonkers 12 Chris Joynt 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 Fereti Tuilagi 15 Scott Barrow 16 John Stankevitch 17 Sonny Nickle 18 Paul Newlove 19 Dwayne West 20 Vila Matautia Coach: Ian Millward

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 1999 Super League champions

1 Paul Atcheson 2 Chris Smith 3 Kevin Iro 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Paul Sculthorpe 7 Tommy Martyn 8 Apollo Perelini 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Julian O'Neill 11 Fereti "Freddie" Tuilagi 12 Sonny Nickle 13 Chris Joynt 14 Paul Wellens 15 Sean Long 16 Sean Hoppe 17 Vila Matautia Coach: Ellery Hanley

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 1997 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Prescott 2 Danny Arnold 3 Andy Haigh 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Tommy Martyn 7 Bobbie Goulding 8 Apollo Perelini 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Julian O'Neill 11 Chris Joynt 12 Derek McVey 13 Karle Hammond 14 Vila Matautia 15 Chris Morley 16 Andy Northey 17 Ian Pickavance Coach: Shaun McRae

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 1996 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Steve Prescott 2 Danny Arnold 3 Scott Gibbs 4 Paul Newlove 5 Anthony Sullivan 6 Karle Hammond 7 Bobbie Goulding 8 Apollo Perelini 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Andrew Leathem 11 Chris Joynt 12 Simon Booth 13 Andy Northey 14 Tommy Martyn 15 Alan Hunte 16 Ian Pickavance 17 Vila Matautia Coach: Shaun McRae

Persondata
Name	Matautia, Vila
Alternative names
Short description	Samoan rugby league player
Date of birth	31 August 1969
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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