Matt Cockbain

Matthew Cockbain

Full name	Matthew James Cockbain
Date of birth	19 September 1972
Place of birth	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Brent Cockbain (brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock, Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1990–2003	GPS
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2004 2004–06 2007	Cardiff Blues World Fighting Bull Melbourne Rebels (ARC)	7	(5)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1995–2003	Queensland Reds	91	(35)
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997–2003	Reds	73	(30)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1997–2003	Australia	63	(5)

Matt Cockbain (born 19 September 1972) is an Australian rugby union football coach and a former international player. He played over 60 tests for the national team, the Wallabies including winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Cockbain was an assistant coach to the Fijian national team on their 2014 end-of-year tour,^[2] and the forwards coach at the Melbourne Rebels from 2012 to 2014.^[2]

Cockbain began his professional career with the Queensland Reds in 1995. He made his debut for Australia in 1997 at Brisbane in a Test match against France. After a short stint with the Cardiff Blues in 2004, he played with World Corporation in Japan from 2004 to 2006 before returning to Australia to play for the Melbourne Rebels (ARC) team in the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007. He was called up as an injury standby for the 2007 Wallaby World Cup squad.

His brother, Brent Cockbain played rugby union for Wales.

References

1. "2001 Australian Wallabies squad - British & Irish Lions Tour". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
2. "Matt Cockbain". Retrieved 27 December 2014.

External links

• "Matt Cockbain". IRB. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007.
• "Matt Cockbain". Sporting Heroes. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014.