Viliame Mata crowned Players' Player of the Season for Pro14

Former Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s player and Olympic gold medalist, Viliame Mata has been crowned the Players’ Player of the Season for Pro14 which is Scotland’s premier rugby competition.

The Edinburgh No 8 was voted by his peers to take home the Players’ Player of the Season award.

Mata has become a firm fans’ favourite at Edinburgh but the highlight of his excellent season was undeniably the outrageous offload for James Johnstone’s try in a historic European win at Toulon.

He has also signed a contract extension until 2021 in February, after coach Richard Cockerill had joked that he would be willing to sell one of his children’s kidneys just to keep Mata at the club.

[Source:The Scotsman]

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