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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}}
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{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Matt Rua
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|20|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
|height = 187
|weight = {{convert|105|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|SR}}
|club1 = [[Melbourne Storm]]
|year1start = 1998
|year1end =
|appearances1 =
|tries1 = 14
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 56
|club2 = [[Melbourne Storm]]
|year2start = 2007
|year2end =
|appearances2 = 1
|tries2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 0
|teamA = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
|yearAstart = 1999
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'''Matthew Rua''' (born 20 July 1977) is a New Zealand former professional [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative forward, he played in the [[National Rugby League]] for the [[Melbourne Storm]], winning the [[1999 NRL Premiership]] with them.
He attended High School at [[Kelston Boys High School]] and [[Waitākere College]].
Children:Tayla rua, Caleb Rua, Jacob rua
==Playing career==
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Having won the 1999 Premiership, the [[Melbourne Storm]] traveled to England to contest the [[2000 World Club Challenge]] against [[Super League]] Champions [[St Helens R.F.C.]], with Rua playing at lock forward in the victory. Rua represented [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] eleven times between 1999 and 2001, including the [[2000 Rugby League World Cup|2000 World Cup]]. Rua had played 100 games for the club before being released at the end of the [[2002 NRL season]]. He signed with the [[Canberra Raiders]] for the 2003 season, but walked out of his contract before the season started for personal reasons. In 2006 he played for the [[Waitakere Rangers]] in the [[Bartercard Cup]] before being signed by the [[Central Comets]] in the [[Queensland Cup]]. This was enough to get him signed by the Melbourne Storm in 2007. However he only played one first grade game that season, his first since 2002, in Melbourne's round 13 win over the [[New Zealand Warriors]] at [[Mount Smart Stadium]] in Auckland. He retired at the end of the year.
Rua is of [[Cook Islands]] heritage and has been involved with the [[Cook Islands national rugby league team|Cook Islands]] national team as a coach.<ref name="Islander blood runs deep">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,21985,21383990-14823,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.
==References==
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{{Norths Devils squad - 1998 Queensland Cup premiers}}
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