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Masada Iosefa (born 26 January 1988) is a Samoan professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Concord-Burwood Wolves in the Ron Massey Cup. He previously played for the Penrith Panthers and West Tigers in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a hooker. He is cousins with the four Mata'utia brothers, Newcastle Knights players Chanel Mata'utia, Sione Mata'utia and Pat Mata'utia, and St. George Illawarra Dragons player Peter Mata'utia. ==Career== A Blacktown City junior and a student of Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown, Iosefa has said of his younger years, "I was a little gangster. I guess it doesn't matter now but I grew up with a lot of guys and all they knew was crime. I just blended in with them and got caught up with it a bit. I was just hanging out on the streets. Doing the wrong thing. It is a pretty rough place and the kids just hang out and get into trouble. Not massive trouble but it can go that way. I was caught up with it. I was really close to getting locked away for a while." In 2008, Iosefa made his NRL debut for the Penrith Panthers. He played with the Panthers in the following 3 years making 43 appearances, almost all from the bench, and scoring 8 tries. In 2012, he joined the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the NSW Cup, a feeder team for the Canberra Raiders. Iosefa was picked up as a mid-season recruit by the Wests Tigers, as back-up for hooker Robbie Farah. Playing hooker or from the bench, he made 9 appearances for 2012, the last 7 of which were losses. He was also a member of the feeder team Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers side that lost the NSW Cup grand final. Early in 2013, it was reported that Iosefa had been offered a contract with the New Zealand Warriors, with the Wests Tigers unwilling to release him as they needed a back up for hooker Farah. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Masada Iosefa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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