Mat Feagai
Mat Feagai (born 14 February 2001) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.
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Full name | Mathew Feagai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hastings, New Zealand | 14 February 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 13 May 2023 |
Background
Feagai was born in Hastings, New Zealand, and is of Samoan and Tokelauan descent. He has a twin brother, Max Feagai, who also plays for the Dragons.[2]
Career
Early career
Feagai played his junior rugby league at the Leeton Greens in Group 20 Rugby League.
In 2019, he was selected for both the New South Wales Under-18's team[3] and the Australian Schoolboys team after an impressive year where he won the 2019 S. G. Ball Cup with the Illawarra Steelers.
2021
Feagai made his debut in round 9 of the 2021 NRL season for St. George Illawarra in their 32–12 victory against Canterbury-Bankstown, scoring a try. Feagai played eight games throughout the season as St. George Illawarra finished 11th and missed the finals.[4]
2022
During round 6 of the 2022 NRL season Feagai scored a double as the St. George Illawarra in their 21-16 win over the Newcastle Knights.[5]
In round 25, Feagai scored two tries for St. George Illawarra in their victory over Brisbane.[6]
In October Feagai was named in the Samoa squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.[7]
Statistics
Season | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
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2021 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
2022 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 40 | |
2023 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||
Totals | 38 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
References
- "Max Feagai - Career Stats & Summary -". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- Chisholm, Ed (25 August 2020). "St. George Illawarra Dragons re-sign bright youngsters Mat and Max Feagai". Sporting News. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- "NSWRL announces NSW Under-18s Men's squad". New South Wales Rugby League. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- "Round 9 NRL team lists". National Rugby League. 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- "Dragons v Knights - Round 6, 2022". National Rugby League.
- "North Queensland hammers Penrith 38-8 on NRL finals eve, Brisbane Broncos' season comes to an end". www.abc.net.au.
- Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021