Mathew Vaea
| Date of birth | (1966-09-12) September 12, 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Motootua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Wanganui Collegiate School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tuala Mathew M. Vaea (born Motootua, 12 September 1966) is a Samoan rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half. He was the manager of the Manu Samoa at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Career
His international debut was during a test match against Tonga, at Nuku'alofa, on May 28, 1991. He was part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. His last match was against Scotland, at Murrayfield, on November 18, 1995.
During the 2011 Rugby World he was the manager of the Samoa national rugby union team, but his home village fined him 100 pigs for "bad behaviour" as well as treating the campaign in New Zealand like a "holiday".[1]
References
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External links
- Mathew Vaea at ESPN Scrum
- Mathew M. Vaea at New Zealand Rugby History
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