In July 2016, Mata signed for Pro12 side, Edinburgh for two-years and he joined the side after helping Fiji win Gold at the Olympics [8] but his visa-expired a year later as he was not capped internationally for Fiji and visas for player not capped by Kolpak countries were only for a year, he had to return to Fiji and get capped by the Fiji 15's team. He made his test debut against Australia on June 10 playing off the bench. He played 3 more tests for Fiji off the bench which allowed him to lodge a visa application to extend his visa to Scotland. He returned to Scotland in September 2017 and became a regular starter for the team.
In December 2017, he signed an extension to stay at Edinburgh Rugby until 2020.[9] At the end of the 2018/19 Pro14 season, Mata was named the Guinness PRO14 the Players’ Player of the Season.
Mata Zimbio biodata, zimbio.com; accessed 11 September 2017.
January 30, 2023
viliame, mata, viliame, sevaka, mata, born, october, 1991, fijian, rugby, union, player, currently, playing, scotland, based, united, rugby, championship, side, edinburgh, rugby, birth, nameviliame, sevaka, matadate, birth, 1991, october, 1991, place, birthnau. Viliame Sevaka Mata born 22 October 1991 is a Fijian rugby union player 1 currently playing for Scotland based United Rugby Championship side Edinburgh Rugby Viliame MataBirth nameViliame Sevaka MataDate of birth 1991 10 22 22 October 1991 age 31 Place of birthNauluvatau Nakelo Tailevu FijiHeight1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Weight116 kg 256 lb Rugby union careerPosition s Flanker Lock Number 8Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2016 Edinburgh Rugby109 75 Correct as of 22 January 2023National team s YearsTeamApps Points 2017 Fiji19 25 Correct as of 31 May 2022National sevens team s YearsTeamComps2013 2016Fiji 7 s10 60 Medal record Men s rugby sevensRepresenting FijiOlympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competitionHe made his debut for Fiji at the 2014 Wellington Sevens Since joining Edinburgh Rugby Mata has been affectionately known as Big Bill Mata 2 owing to his power and ability to break through defences Career EditMata was born and raised in Nauluvatau a small village in Nakelo Tailevu 3 and was selected by Ben Ryan to represent the Fiji sevens team to the 2014 Wellington Sevens as a replacement for Pio Tuwai 4 Mata is a former professional rugby league footballer who went on to play for champion local 7 s side Davetalevu 5 He studied at Suva Grammar School before moving to Ratu Kadavulevu School 6 Mata made the final Fiji squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics 7 In July 2016 Mata signed for Pro12 side Edinburgh for two years and he joined the side after helping Fiji win Gold at the Olympics 8 but his visa expired a year later as he was not capped internationally for Fiji and visas for player not capped by Kolpak countries were only for a year he had to return to Fiji and get capped by the Fiji 15 s team He made his test debut against Australia on June 10 playing off the bench He played 3 more tests for Fiji off the bench which allowed him to lodge a visa application to extend his visa to Scotland He returned to Scotland in September 2017 and became a regular starter for the team In December 2017 he signed an extension to stay at Edinburgh Rugby until 2020 9 At the end of the 2018 19 Pro14 season Mata was named the Guinness PRO14 the Players Player of the Season References Edit World Rugby Sevens Series 4 December 2015 FIJI 7S Squads Retrieved 18 December 2015 INTERVIEW What s the Mata Edinburgh Rugby www edinburghrugby org Archived from the original on 11 January 2019 Big Bill Ready For Olympics fijisun com fj Retrieved 11 September 2017 Mata jets out to Wellington at this hour Fiji One Retrieved 11 September 2017 Mata s 7s series debut Fiji Times Online fijitimes com Retrieved 11 September 2017 Maciu Malo Dream comes true Fiji Times Retrieved 11 September 2017 Limited Communications Fiji 17 July 2016 Fiji 7s team to Rio Olympics announced fijivillage com Retrieved 11 September 2017 Viliame Mata Edinburgh Rugby sign Fiji Olympic gold medallist BBC Sport Retrieved 11 September 2017 Edinburgh forwards Luke Crosbie amp Viliame Mata commit to club BBC Sport Retrieved 31 December 2017 External links EditViliame Mata at ESPNscrum Viliame Mata at ItsRugby co uk Viliame Mata at Olympedia Viliame Mata at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Mata Zimbio biodata zimbio com accessed 11 September 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Viliame Mata amp oldid 1135134092, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
