Early career In October 2011, Mata'utia played for the
Australian Schoolboys. In 2012 and 2013, he played for the Newcastle Knights'
NYC team. On 16 October 2013, he re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract. In 2014, he graduated on to the Knights'
New South Wales Cup team. Late in September 2014, he signed a letter of intent to join the
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs on a four-year contract starting in 2016, along with his brothers Chanel and Sione. However, the NRL's rules didn't allow Canterbury to register the contracts until 30 June 2015, leaving the option of staying at Newcastle open for the Mata'utias.
2015 On 19 March, Mata'utia re-signed with the Newcastle outfit on a three-year contract, along with his brothers Chanel and Sione. On 2 May, he played for
Samoa against
Tonga in the 2015
Polynesian Cup, making his international debut on the wing in Samoa's 18-16 win at
Cbus Super Stadium.
2016 In round 1 of the
2016 NRL season, Mata'utia made his
NRL debut for Newcastle against the
Gold Coast Titans after the suspension of his brother Sione left open a position at centre. He scored a try on debut in Newcastle's 12-30 loss at
Cbus Super Stadium. He finished the year with 14 appearances and two tries.
2018 After not seeing NRL time for the last two seasons, Mata'utia parted ways with the Newcastle club at the end of the 2018 season. ==References==