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    SAM MATAVESI

    Nov 02, 2021 3 minutes
    Interview Sarah Mockford
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    Age 29 (13 Jan 1992)

    Born Truro, Cornwall

    Position Hooker

    Club Northampton

    Height 6ft

    Weight 17st 6lb

    Fiji caps 17 (3T)

    Instagram handle @sammatavesi

    EVEN OVER a Zoom screen, the bubbliness of Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi’s personality comes through. Here the Cornish Fijian Navy man tells his story…

    At school, we were the kids who would be straight outside with a ball in our hands.

    Me and my two brothers, Josh and Joel, used to go to watch first-team training

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