Matt Rua

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Wednesday, 20th July, 1977
Current Age
46 years and 254 days
Place Of Birth
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Kiwi Test forward, a former centre in Auckland and Manly’s lower grades (1995-97) came off the interchange bench in Melbourne’s 1999 grand final win. Rua represented NZ in five World Cup matches in 2000 and playing in the second row in the Kiwis’ 40-12 loss to Australia in the final. The 11 Test-veteran left Melbourne at the end of the 2002 season after being largely used as an interchange player.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 101 14 -   - 56 50 49 2 49.50% List
NRL Finals 8 - -   - - 4 4 0 50.00% List
Anzac Tests 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tri-Nations 3 1 -   - 4 2 1 0 66.67% List
Tour Matches New Zealand 2 1 -   - 4 2 0 0 100.00% List
World Club Challenge 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 5 1 -   - 4 4 1 0 80.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1999-01 11 2 -   - 8 7 4 0 63.64% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
New Zealand 1999-2000 5 1 -   - 4 4 1 0 80.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Melbourne NRL 1998 6 - -   - - 1 5 0 16.67% List
Melbourne NRL 1999 26 5 -   - 20 18 8 0 69.23% List
Melbourne NRL 2000 26 5 -   - 20 13 12 1 50.00% List
Melbourne NRL 2001 25 3 -   - 12 11 13 1 44.00% List
Melbourne NRL 2002 17 1 -   - 4 6 11 0 35.29% List
Melbourne NRL 2007 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Melbourne 1998-02, 2007 101 14 -   - 56 50 49 2 49.50% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Cymru RL

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999