Matt Vant Leven
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| birth_name = Matt Vant Leven
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rotorua, New Zealand
| height = {{convert|191|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|106|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
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| school = Rotorua Boys' High School
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| ru_position = Loose forward
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| years1 = 2014−
| clubs1 = Kobelco Steelers
| apps1 = 17
| points1 = 10
| ru_clubupdate = 15 January 2017
| superyears1 = 2011−13
| super1 = {{Rut|Chiefs}}
| superapps1 = 12
| superpoints1 = 5
| super14update = 4 August 2013
| ru_provinceyears1 = 2010−13
| ru_province1 = Waikato
| ru_provinceapps1 = 30
| ru_provincepoints1 = 5
| ru_provinceupdate = 21 October 2013
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Matt Vant Leven (born 23 October 1987) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward for Waikato in the ITM Cup.{{cite web | url=http://www.mooloo.co.nz/team/player-profiles/show/74 | title=Matt Vant Leven Waikato Player Profile | accessdate=10 December 2012 }}
He made his Super Rugby debut for the {{Rut|Chiefs}} in 2011 and to date has played 3 games at that level. His impressive ITM Cup performances have seen him named in the team's Wider Training Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.{{cite web|url=http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/investec-super-rugby-wider-training-groups.html |title=Super Rugby Wider Training Groups Named |date=7 December 2012 |accessdate=10 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210080135/http://www.chiefs.co.nz/news/investec-super-rugby-wider-training-groups.html |archivedate=10 December 2012 }}
Matt Vant Leven will play for Kobelco Steelers in the 2014-'15 season of the Japanese top tier championship, Top League.{{cite web | url=http://www.top-league.jp/news/news25231.html | title=new foreign players join kobelco Steelers | date=16 April 2014 | accessdate=17 April 2014 | language = Japanese }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_19870.html Matt Vant Leven itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics]
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Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
Category:Waikato rugby union players
Category:Rugby union number eights
Category:Rugby union players from Rotorua
Category:People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School
Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Category:Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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