Steve Matai

NRL:	Manly Sea Eagles
Number:
Worth:	$275,000
Injury:	neck
Status:	Retired

Steve Matai is a retired player most recently playing for Manly Sea Eagles.

Stephen "Steve" Matai (born 5 August 1984 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League (NRL). He plays as a Centre and is a New Zealand international of Samoan heritage. He is the first cousin of former NRL player and fellow Kiwi international Junior Sa'u, though Sa'u has also represented Samoa.

Matai played rugby league for Mount Albert Grammar in their first XIII alongside Sonny Bill Williams. Matai's junior clubs were the Bay Roskill Vikings, Ponsonby Ponies and Richmond Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League. Matai's senior club was Richmond Rovers before he was selected to play for the Marist Richmond Brothers in the Bartercard Cup, before leaving in 2004.

Matai joined Queensland Cup side Ipswich Jets in 2004, and credits his time spent at the Jets under the coaching of former Queensland, Eastern Suburbs and Brisbane Broncos hard man Trevor Gillmeister for his reputation as the NRL's "Hitman". Gillmeister, known as "The Axe" for his hard hitting defense, changed Matai's tackling style, teaching him to drive with his legs when making a tackle.

Player info and photos from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Matai

Statistics

Round	Score	TR	TA	LB	LBA	TK	RU	WH	MR	ME	GL	RS	FG	FT	SB	SO
Round	Season: 2016
(Average)		0	0	0	0	8	12	0	124	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 26 (Round 26)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 25 (Round 25)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 24 (Round 24)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 23 (Round 23)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 22	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 21	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 20	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 19	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 17	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 16	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 14	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 13	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 10	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 9	1.6	0	0	0	0	6	10	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 8	3.4	0	1	0	1	14	15	0	154	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Round 7	2.8	0	0	0	0	15	13	0	120	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 6	11.1	2	0	1	0	8	13	0	132	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 5	2.4	0	0	0	1	7	12	0	136	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	1.8	0	0	0	0	8	10	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	4.2	0	1	0	0	7	15	0	147	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	107	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season: 2015
(Average)		0	0	0	0	6	11	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 26	1.9	0	0	0	0	8	11	0	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 25	0.9	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 24	6.1	1	0	0	0	8	13	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 23	6.5	1	0	1	0	3	12	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 22	1.4	0	0	0	0	4	10	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 21	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 20	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 19	1.7	0	0	0	0	7	10	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	4.7	0	1	1	0	1	16	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 17	5.8	1	0	0	0	9	9	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 16	6.8	1	0	1	0	3	15	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 15	6.4	1	0	0	0	11	13	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 13	1.7	0	0	0	0	9	8	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 12	1.9	0	0	0	0	6	13	0	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 10	1.8	0	0	0	0	6	12	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 8	1.9	0	0	0	0	11	8	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 7	5.2	1	0	0	0	3	9	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 6	6.8	1	0	1	0	6	12	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 3	5.6	1	0	0	0	6	10	0	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	5.8	1	0	0	0	5	13	0	144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Season: 2014
(Average)		1	0	1	1	7	11	0	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 26	7.2	1	0	1	1	5	12	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 25	1.8	0	0	0	0	6	12	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 24	5	0	1	0	1	12	13	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 23	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 22	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 21	1.8	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 20	4.4	0	1	0	1	6	13	0	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 19	6.9	1	0	1	0	7	12	0	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	1.9	0	0	0	0	7	12	0	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 17	2.5	0	0	0	0	10	15	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 16	4	0	1	0	1	5	10	0	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 15	9	1	0	3	0	8	12	0	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 13	5.7	1	0	0	0	5	12	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 12	1.5	0	0	0	0	7	8	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 10	5.1	0	1	0	1	9	17	0	150	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Round 9	4.5	0	1	0	1	8	12	0	107	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Round 8	3.2	0	0	2	0	3	9	0	144	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Round 7	9.9	1	1	1	3	5	9	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 6	11.2	2	0	1	0	11	11	0	169	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 5	13.2	2	0	3	0	9	13	0	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 4	4.6	0	1	0	1	9	12	0	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 3	13.9	2	1	1	1	10	14	0	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	5.1	0	1	1	1	4	12	0	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 1	11.6	2	0	2	1	5	6	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Season: 2013
(Average)		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 26	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 24	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Round 23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 21	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 20	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 19	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 18	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 17	2.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 15	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 14	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 13	5.5	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 12	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 9	4.5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 8	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Round 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 4	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 3	5.5	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Round 1	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0