Matt Mafi

Matt Mafi
Personal information
Full name Matthew Mafi
Born (1993-05-26) 26 May 1993
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
School(s) attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee
University Sydney University
Club information
Playing position Hooker
Current club Brisbane City
Youth career
Sunnybank
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2012−13 Sydney University 10 (0)
2015− Brothers ()
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2014− Brisbane City 21 (0)
2016 Reds 4 (0)
Representative team(s)
2008 Australia Schoolboys ()

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 17 August 2016.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 August 2016.

Matt Mafi (born 26 May 1993) is an Australian rugby union hooker who currently plays for Brisbane City in Australia's National Rugby Championship. He has also previously represented Super Rugby side, the Queensland Reds.[1][2][3]

Early / Provincial Career

Mafi was born in Sydney, but attended school in Brisbane at St Joseph's College, Nudgee. He was picked to represent Queensland at schoolboy level in 2008 and played his early junior rugby with the Sunnybank rugby club. He then moved back to Sydney to attend Sydney University where he played some Shute Shield rugby and also won the Colts Premiership with them in 2011. After graduating university it was back to Queensland again this time to play in the local Queensland Premier Rugby competition with Brothers and later in the National Rugby Championship with Brisbane City with whom he was a champion in both 2014 and 2015.[2][3]

Super Rugby Career

After 2 successful seasons with Brisbane City, Mafi was called into the Reds Super Rugby squad during the 2016 Super Rugby season to provide injury cover for Saia Fainga'a. In total, he made 4 substitute appearances during the campaign.[1][4]

International

Mafi was an Australian Schoolboys representative in 2008.[2]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 17 August 2016[4]
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2016 Reds 4 0 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 4 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. 1 2 "St. George Queensland Reds team to play Rebels in Melbourne". Reds Rugby. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Matt Mafi Brisbane City Player Profile". Reds Rugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Matt Mafi Rugby Australia Player Profile". Rugby Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Matt Mafi itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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