Martin Masella

Martin Masella
Personal information
Full name James Martin Masella
Born Eua, (1969-11-04) 4 November 1969, Tonga
Playing information
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb; 15.4 st)
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–94 Balmain Tigers 71 3 0 0 12
1995 Illawarra Steelers 10 2 0 0 8
1996 South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Leeds Rhinos 44 1 0 0 4
2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 22 4 0 0 16
2001 Warrington Wolves 21 5 0 0 20
Total 185 15 0 0 60
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–00 Tonga 5 1 0 0 4
Source: Rugby League Project

Martin Masella is a Tongan former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He was a Tonga international and played at the 1995. Masella played for Leeds Rhinos at prop forward in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan Warriors. In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson, and Glen Tomlinson.[1] Masella captained his country in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.[2]

References

  1. "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC. 2001-04-24. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. "The Teams: Tonga". BBC. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

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