Hoani Matenga

Hoani Matenga

Date of birth	(1987-04-13) 13 April 1987
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock / Loose Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2011−12 2013−15	Mont de Marsan Kubota Spears	30 13	(0) (0)
correct as of 19 January 2015.
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009−10 2015−	Otago Wellington	12 12	(5) (0)
correct as of 23 October 2015.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2010 2016−	Highlanders Blues	0 0	(0) (0)

Hoani Matenga is a professional rugby player who plays for Stade Montois. He can play in the position of either lock or loose forward. Born in Christchurch, he attended Christchurch Boys' High School and played for their first XV. In 2009, Matenga graduated from the University of Otago with degrees in marketing and tourism.

Matenga made his starting debut for Otago in their Ranfurly Shield challenge against Canterbury on 12 September 2009. He was a part of the Highlanders' wider training squad for the 2010 Super Rugby season. In 2011 he signed with Stade Montois in France. Looking for a better salary and easier rugby Matenga signed with the Kubota Spears in the Top League in Japan for the 2012-13 season.

On the 28 October 2015 Matenga was named in the Blues squad for the 2016 Super Rugby Season.

Matenga was originally a part of the New Zealand band, Six60, playing as a Bass guitarist.