Matthew Gidley
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| Gidley while playing for St Helens in 2007 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Matthew Gidley | |||||
| Born |
1 July 1977 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1996–06 | Newcastle Knights | 221 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 273 |
| 2007–10 | St. Helens | 123 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 204 |
| Total | 344 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 477 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1999–04 | Australia | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2000–04 | New South Wales | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2005 | Country Origin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: NRL Stats and Rugby League Project | ||||||
Matthew "Matt" Gidley (born 1 July 1977) is an Australian rugby league administrator and retired professional footballer. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Gidley represented New South Wales and Australia. He is the currently CEO of Football Operations at the Newcastle Knights. He played the majority of his career at Newcastle, winning a premiership in 2001, before playing four seasons for St. Helens in the European Super League competition. Matt is the older brother of Warrington Wolves halfback Kurt Gidley.
Playing as a youngster in the Newcastle Rugby League for the Wests club, While attending Glendale High School, Gidley played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1995.
Gidley had played all his junior football in the five-eighth position, however with Matthew Johns taking up the position in the Knights line up, he slotted in to right centre. Gidley was selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against New Zealand he played at centre in the Kangaroos' 22-20 victory. Gidley played at centre for Newcastle in their 2001 NRL grand final victory against the Parramatta Eels. At the end of the 2001 NRL season, he went on the 2001 Kangaroo tour. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Gidley played at centre and scored a try in Newcastle's loss.
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