Matt Mafi (born 26 May 1993) is an

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hooker who currently plays for in Australia's

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. He has also previously represented Super Rugby side, the

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Early/provincial career

Mafi was born in Sydney, but attended school in Brisbane at

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. 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

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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

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competition with Brothers and later in the National Rugby Championship with Brisbane City with whom he was a champion in both

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and 2015.

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

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. In total, he made 4 substitute appearances during the campaign.

International

Mafi was an

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representative in 2008.

Super Rugby statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mafi, Matt 1993 births Living people Australian rugby union players Rugby union hookers Brisbane City (rugby union) players Queensland Reds players Rugby union players from Sydney People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee