Matt Vant Leven (born 23 October 1987) is a New Zealand

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footballer who plays as a loose forward for

Waikato Waikato () is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, t ...

in the

ITM Cup ITM may stand for: Education * ITM Global School, an English medium co-educational day school in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India * ITM Law School, one of the professional graduate schools of ITM University * ITM-IFM, Mumbai, India * Institut Tek ...

. He made his

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debut for the in 2011 and to date has played 3 games at that level. His impressive

performances have seen him named in the team's Wider Training Squad for the

2013 Super Rugby season The 2013 Super Rugby season was the third season of the new 15-team format for the Super Rugby competition involving teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The tournament was won by the Chiefs, who defeated the Canberra-based Brum ...

. Matt Vant Leven will play for

Kobelco Steelers The Kobelco Kobe Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-2004 season. The team rebranded as Kobelco Kobe Steelers ahead of ...

in the 2014-'15 season of the Japanese top tier championship,

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Matt Vant Leven itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics
Living people 1987 births New Zealand rugby union players Chiefs (rugby union) players Waikato rugby union players Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Rotorua People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School New Zealand expatriate rugby union players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Kobelco Kobe Steelers players {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub