Will Matthews (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Matthews | |||||
| Born | 30 March 1988 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008–11 | Gold Coast Titans | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012– | St. George Illawarra | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| As of 13 September 2015 | ||||||
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Will Matthews (born 30 March 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the St George-Illawarra Dragons of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays second-row and lock.
Playing career
Born in Kyogle, New South Wales, Matthews played his junior football for Kyogle while attending Palm Beach Currumbin State High School, before being signed by the Gold Coast Titans. He played for the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the Queensland Cup in 2007 and the Titans' Toyota Cup team in 2008.[1] In Round 16 of the 2008 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Titans against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. In June 2008, Matthews re-signed with the Titans for 3 years.[2]
On 5 July 2011, Matthews signed a 2-year contract with the St. George Illawarra Dragons starting in 2012.[3] He made his debut for the Dragons in Round 21 of the 2012 NRL season.
On 5 September 2013, Matthews re-signed with the Dragons on a 1-year contract.[4]
On 24 October 2014, Matthews again re-signed with the Dragons on a 1-year contract.[5]
On 19 June 2015, Matthews re-signed with the Dragons on a 2-year contract.[6]
Representative career
Matthews played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2006.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.rleague.com//db/player/m/matthews_will/index.php
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/25/2285944.htm?site=goldcoast
- ↑ http://www.nrl.com/tabid/10874/newsid/63650/default.aspx
- ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/dragons-re-sign-matthews-sign-groat-10995/
- ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/dragons-add-depth-to-squad-15456/
- ↑ http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/dragons-re-sign-will-matthews-17876/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- 1988 births
- Australian rugby league players
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- Rugby league second-rows
- St. George Illawarra Dragons players
- Illawarra Cutters players
- Rugby league locks
- Tweed Heads Seagulls players
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