Nikola Matawalu

Nikola Matawalu
Birth name Nikola Matawalu
Date of birth (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989
Place of birth Suva, Fiji
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 83 kg (13 st 1 lb; 183 lb)
School Suva Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half / Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018- Stirling County ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017-		 Glasgow Warriors
Bath
Exeter Chiefs
Glasgow Warriors		 74
13
-
9		 (130)26t
(5)1t
-
(10)2t
Correct as of 21 December 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010– Fiji 33 (40)
Correct as of 22 November 2017
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
- Fiji 7s

Nikola Matawalu (born 8 March 1989) is a Fiji international rugby union footballer. He plays in the Scrum-half position but can also cover Wing. He plays for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14 league.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Matawalu has been drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.[1]

Professional career

Niko joined Glasgow Warriors for the start of the 2012–13 Pro12 season on a one-year contract. He impressed during his first season, scoring 9 tries in 22 appearances, and was awarded with a contract extension to keep him at the Glasgow club until 2015.[2]

In December 2014, it was announced that he would join English Premiership outfit Bath Rugby for the 2015-16 campaign.[3]

In November 2016, it was announced he had signed for Exeter Chiefs.[4] His time in Exeter was disrupted when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in December 2016,[5] something he was cleared of in August 2017 - having already already been released by the club.[6]

On 31 August 2017 Glasgow Warriors announced that they had re-signed Matawalu on a year's contract with the option of a second year.[7]

International career

In May 2010 he was selected to represent Fiji in their 2010 tour to Australia.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/08/21/tennent%E2%80%99s-premiership-clubs-decide-pro-player-draft
  2. ↑ http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/news/16536.php
  3. ↑ "Bath sign Fiji scrum-half Nikola Matawalu from Glasgow Warriors". Sky Sports. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs sign Niko Matawalu from Premiership rivals Bath". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  5. ↑ "Rugby player on sex assault charge". BBC News. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. ↑ Clark, Daniel (2017-08-11). "Former Exeter Chiefs player cleared of sexually assaulting woman". devonlive. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/news/17/08/31/matawalu-returns-glasgow
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