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Full Name: Reni Maitua |
Player #: 730 |
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Date of Birth: 11 June 1982 |
Junior Club: Kensington United, Coogee Wombats |
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Height: 180cm |
NRL Debut: Bulldogs v Parramatta, 13/3/04 |
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Weight: 100kg |
Eels Debut: Eels v Brisbane, 01\07\2011 |
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Position/s: Second row |
Contracted until: 2014 |
Maitua started playing league as a youngster from the encouragement of his parents, playing for both the Coogee Wombats and Kensington United as well as brief stints at La Perouse United and the Maroubra Lions. Matiau then played for South Sydney Juniours which form part of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Maitua comes from a Samoan background, an Australian International Representative player he previously played for the Bulldgos RLFC with whom he won the 2004 premiership.
Maitua'ss position over time has varied between being a utility forward, backrow, lock forward, centre and he can also play five eigth. On 15 June 2009 Maitua was suspended for 2 years for testing positive to a banned substance whilst playing for the Cronulla Sharks. [1] He has signed with the Parramatta Eels on return from suspension for the 2011 NRL season.
Representative Games
- City Origin
- Australia: Prime Ministers XIII
- Australia: 2006 Tri Nations Squad
Controversy
In 2006, Reni Maitua was convicted of drink driving after he blew 0.165 in a random breath test in Cronulla, while on P-plates. A reading of 0.165 is more than three times the legal limit for a fully licensed driver, but the limit for P-platers is zero.[3][4][5] In December 2008, Maitua's contract with the Bulldogs was terminated by the club after he failed to attend training.[6] He is also a known member of the Bra Boys.[7][8]
On 20 May 2009, Maitua tested positive to a banned drug (Clenbuterol) and was handed a provisional suspension.[9] On 15 June 2009, it was announced that Maitua would be suspended for 2 years following the positive test of the second sample.
References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_Maitua
- ^ https://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25639987-10389,00.html
- ^ https://www.parraeels.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=29889&webb-and-maitua-sign-with-the-parramatta-eels
- ^ The Age newspaper, 18 May 2006. "Bulldogs star pleads guilty to drink-driving"
- ^ "Maitua fails to show". Television New Zealand. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ The Australian newspaper, 8 October 2006. "Maitua given fatherly advice"
- ^ Daily Telegraph Online, 3 December 2008. "Bulldogs sack absent star"
- ^ https://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23340606-23214,00.html?from=public_rss
- ^ https://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25513749-5012431,00.html
- ^ https://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25512086-2722,00.html
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