Matiaha Martin
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|6|3}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand
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| occupation = Māori Teacher at Tangaroa College
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| position = Lock
| currentclub = {{Rut|Counties Manukau}}
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Matiaha Martin (born 3 June 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union lock for {{rut|Counties Manukau}} in the domestic Mitre 10 Cup.{{cite web | url=http://steelers.co.nz/steelers/index.php?contentid=65&profileid=155 | title=Matiaha Martin Counties Manukau Steelers Player Profile | publisher=Steelers Rugby | accessdate=19 November 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_38341.html | title=Matiaha Martin itsrugby Player Statistics | publisher=it's rugby | accessdate=19 November 2016}}
Senior career
After coming through the ranks of Counties Manukau's under-18, B and development teams, Martin cracked the senior squad in 2016 Mitre 10 Cup. He took advantage of injuries to several key players to establish himself as a regular in a side which reached the premiership semifinals and lost to {{rut|Canterbury}}. He played all eleven of the Steelers games during the campaign, nine from the start.{{cite web | url=http://www.allblacks.com/News/29503/12-new-caps-for-counties-manukau | title=12 new caps for Counties-Manukau | publisher=All Blacks.com | date = 26 July 2016 | accessdate=19 November 2016}} He was drafted into the {{Rut|Chiefs}} squad shortly before the 2017 Super Rugby season.{{cite press release|url=http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/382-injury-replacement-players-named |title=Injury replacement players named |publisher=Chiefs |date=15 February 2017 |accessdate=15 February 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215091140/http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/news/latest-news/382-injury-replacement-players-named |archivedate=15 February 2017 |url-status=live }}
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Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Counties Manukau rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Hamilton, New Zealand