Willie Mason

Willie Mason

Personal information
Full name	William Marshall Mason
Born	(1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 44) Auckland, New Zealand[1]
Playing information
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Rugby league
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–07 Canterbury Bulldogs 148 36 0 0 144 2008–09 Sydney Roosters 40 8 0 0 32 2010 North Qld Cowboys 23 1 0 0 4 2011 Hull Kingston Rovers 6 1 0 0 4 2012–14 Newcastle Knights 60 2 0 0 8 2015 Manly Sea Eagles 19 1 0 0 4 2016 Catalans Dragons 14 1 0 0 4 Total 310 50 0 0 200 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000 Tonga 3 2 0 0 8 2002–08 Australia 24 7 0 0 28 2003–13 NSW Country 4 0 0 0 0 2003–08 New South Wales 13 1 0 0 4 2013 NRL All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011 Toulon 1 0 0 0 0 2011 Barbarian FC 1 1 0 0 0 Total 2 1 0 0 0
Source: [2][3]

William Marshall Mason (born 15 April 1980), also nicknamed "Big Willie", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia and Tonga international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played in the National Rugby League for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (with whom he won the 2004 Grand Final and Clive Churchill Medal), the Sydney Roosters, the North Queensland Cowboys, the Newcastle Knights and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Mason also played in the Super League for English club Hull Kingston Rovers and French club, the Catalans Dragons. He also played rugby union in the Top 14 for French club RC Toulonnais.^[4] During his career Mason was involved in a number of controversial off-field incidents which have received media publicity due to his high profile in the NRL.