Motu Matu'u

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| name = Motu Matu'u

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| birth_name = Motu Matu'u

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|04|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| weight = {{convert|108|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}

| school = Rongotai College

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| ru_currentteam =London Irish

| ru_position = Hooker

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| ru_clubyears = 2016−2018
2018–

| ru_proclubs = Gloucester
London Irish

| ru_clubpoints = 15

| ru_clubcaps = 46

| super14 = Hurricanes

| super14years = 2012–16

| ru_province = Wellington

| ru_provinceyears = 2009–15

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| super14points = (15)

| super14update = 6 August 2016

| ru_provincecaps = 31

| ru_provincepoints = (10)

| ru_provinceupdate = 13 October 2014

| ru_nationalyears = 2015

| ru_nationalteam = Samoa

| ru_nationalcaps = 21

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Motu Matu'u (born 30 April 1987) is a rugby union footballer who plays as a hooker for London Irish in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup and for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby. He attended Rongotai College in Wellington, which was also attended by Ma'a Nonu.

He is 184 cm tall and weighs 108 kg.[http://www.hurricanes.co.nz/team/players/motu-matuu Motu Matu'u Hurricanes]

Matu'u is internationally capped by Samoa, of which his debut came off the bench against the United States during the 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup.[http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2015/07/13/second-string-samoa-for-pnc/ Second string Samoa for PNC] He represented Samoa in the 2015 Rugby World Cup,{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/83735|title=Pisi brothers make the cut for Samoa|publisher=Rugby World Cup|date=11 August 2015|access-date=11 August 2015}} and on 23 August 2019, he was named in Samoa's 34-man training squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup,{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Airey |title=Alalatoa headlines Manu Samoa pre-World Cup squad |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/sport/47954 |work=Samoa Observer |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019 }} before being named in the final 31 on 31 August.{{cite news |title=Two uncapped players in Samoa squad for Japan |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/446870 |website=rugbyworldcup.com |publisher=Rugby World Cup |date=31 August 2019 |access-date=1 September 2019 }}

On 17 March 2016, Matu'u signed for English club Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership on a long-term deal from the 2016–17 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12549/10208160/gloucester-announce-the-signing-of-samoa-international-motu-matuu|publisher=Sky Sports|title=Gloucester sign Samoa and Hurricanes hooker Motu Matu'u|date=17 March 2016|access-date=17 September 2016}} On 24 May 2018, Matu'u left Gloucester to join London Irish from their return in the RFU Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/44241987|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Motu Matu'u: Samoa hooker joins London Irish from Gloucester|date=27 May 2018|access-date=3 August 2020}}