Martin Masella

Martin Masella
Personal information
Full name Martin Masella[1]
Born (1969-11-04) 4 November 1969
ʻEua, Tonga
Playing information
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Position Prop, Second-row, Lock

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–94 Balmain Tigers 71 3 0 0 12
1995 Illawarra Steelers 10 2 0 0 8
1996 South Sydney 17 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Leeds Rhinos 44 1 0 0 4
2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 22 4 0 0 16
2001 Warrington Wolves 21 5 0 0 20
Total 185 15 0 0 60
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–00 Tonga 5 1 0 0 4
Source: [2]

Martin Masella (born 4 November 1969) is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He was a Tongan international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.[2] Masella played for Leeds Rhinos as a prop in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan Warriors. In September 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson, and Glen Tomlinson.[3] Masella captained his country in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Martin Masella". Companies House. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC. 2001-04-24. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  4. ↑ "The Teams: Tonga". BBC. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
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