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.[1]
Birth name | Matt Vant Leven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 October 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Rotorua Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He made his Super Rugby debut for the 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.[2]
Matt Vant Leven will play for Kobelco Steelers in the 2014-'15 season of the Japanese top tier championship, Top League.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Matt Vant Leven Waikato Player Profile". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Super Rugby Wider Training Groups Named". 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "new foreign players join kobelco Steelers" (in Japanese). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.