Matt Gillett

This article is about the Australian Rugby League player. For the Australian association football referee, see Matthew Gillett.
Matt Gillett
Personal information
Nickname Gillo
Born (1988-08-12) 12 August 1988
Macksville, New South Wales, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 101 kg (15 st 13 lb)[1]
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010– Brisbane Broncos 140 45 0 0 180
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010–13 Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0
2012–15 Queensland 12 2 0 0 8
2014–16 Australia 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

Matt Gillett (born 12 August 1988), is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. A Queensland State of Origin and Australia national representative back-rower, he has played his entire NRL career to date with the Broncos.

Background

Gillet was born in Macksville, New South Wales and moved with his family to Bribie Island, Queensland at the age of three years.[3] He played his junior football for the Bribie Island Warrigals and Morayfield State High School. In 2008 Gillett started the year with the West Arana Hills club, then half way through the year Gillett joined the Brisbane Broncos Under-20s team where he played several games. In 2009 Gillett played for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup. He won Queensland cup Rookie of the Year. Also played in the Queensland cup game of City Vs Country in which Gillett played for Queensland City in that game.

Playing career

2010

After Gillett's impressive year in the Queensland Cup, Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak rewarded Gillett with a preseason in 2010. Gillett made his NRL debut for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 1 2010 NRL season opener against the North Queensland Cowboys off the interchange bench in which Gillett scored a try on debut in the Broncos 30-24 win at Suncorp Stadium.[4] On 23 June 2010, Gillett extended his contract with the Brisbane Broncos for a further three-years, keeping him at the NRL club until 2013.[5] On 8 September 2010, Gillett won the 2010 Rookie of the Year Award at the 2010 Dally M Awards presentations.[6] Gillett finished his NRL debut year with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 12 tries. Gillett was named the 2010 Brisbane Broncos season's rookie of the year.[7] In September 2010, Gillett was selected for the Prime Minister's XIII and played in the 30-18 win over Papua New Guinea.

2011

Gillett finished the Broncos 2011 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches and 6 scoring tries. In the preliminary finals match against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at the SFS, Gillett filled in at five-eighth for the retiring Broncos legend Darren Lockyer after Lockyer suffered a cheekbone injury in the 13-12 Semi Finals win against the St George Illawarra Dragons at Suncorp Stadium.[8]

2012

Gillett got selected as 18th man in the Australian Kangaroos for the 2012 Anzac test in April. However, he didn't make his test debut. A month after the ANZAC test, Gillett was selected for Queensland Maroons and played in all 3 games of the 2012 State of Origin series as Queensland won the 2013 Origin Series; their 7th in-a-row. Gillett finished off the Broncos 2012 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 6 tries.

2013

In April 2013, Gillett re-signed with the Brisbane Broncos until the end of 2016 NRL season. Gillett played from the interchange bench in all three games of the 2013 State of Origin series, helping Queensland extend their record for consecutive series victories to eight. Gillett finished off the Broncos 2013 NRL season with him playing in 22 matches and scoring 7 tries. In 2013 Gillett got selected for the Prime Minister's XIII and played in the 50-6 win over Papua New Guinea.

2014

On 14 February 2014, Gillett was selected for the Broncos inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.[9] In 2014, Gillett was selected for Australia to make his test début against New Zealand in the 2014 Anzac test.[10] Gillett was originally named the 18th man but he replaced club team-mate Sam Thaiday to make the 17 man team.[11] Gillett was selected for the Queensland Maroons in played in all 3 matches of the 2014 State of Origin series with New South Wales winning their first origin series since 2005. In Round 21 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Gillett played his 100th NRL career match for the Broncos in the Broncos 16-4 loss at Brookvale Oval.[12] Gillett finished off the Broncos 2014 NRL season with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 10 tries. On September 2014, Gillett was selected for the Australia Kangaroos Four Nations train-on squad but withdrew due to injury.[13]

2015

In Round 1 of the 2015 NRL season against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gillett scored the Broncos first try off the season off the interchange bench in the Broncos 36-6 loss at Suncorp Stadium.[14] Gillett was selected in all 3 matches for Queensland in the 2-1 2015 State of Origin series win, scoring 2 tries.[15] On 4 October 2015, in the Broncos Queensland derby 2015 NRL Grand Final match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Gillett played at second-row in the Broncos historic golden point 17-16 loss.[16][17] Gillett finished the season with him playing in 25 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Broncos.

2016

On 6 May 2016, Gillett played for Australia against New Zealand, starting at second-row and scoring a try in the 16-0 win at Hunter Stadium.[18]

Season Matches Tries Goals F/G Points
2010 21 12 - - 48
2011 19 6 - - 24
2012 23 6 - - 24
2013 22 7 - - 28
2014 22 12 - - 24
Total 95 37 - - 148

References

  1. ↑ "Gillett turns heads, grabs new NRL deal". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media). 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. ↑ Matt Gillett rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ↑ Families of Maroons stars Matt Gillett, Greg Inglis had football rivalry in rural NSW. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Broncos v Cowboys". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. ↑ "Matt Gillett Re-signs with Broncos". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  6. ↑ "Carney Claims Dally M Medal". Fox Sports. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  7. ↑ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Manly Sea Eagles Charge into NRL Grand Final". Foxpsorts.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  9. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Kangaroos Test team named". NRL.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  11. ↑ "Australia's Matt Gillett divided over Test debut in Anzac Test | Sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Sea Eagles Have Beaten Broncos 16-4". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  13. ↑ "TEAM LIST: Australian Kangaroos Four Nations 2014 | Triple M NRL". Triplem.com.au. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  14. ↑ "South Sydney crush Wayne Bennett's Brisbane Broncos in ominous opening to NRL season". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  15. ↑ "Matt Gillett is Hoping Maroons Loyalty Means He Will Be Picked for Origin". Couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  16. ↑ "NRL Grand Final 2015: North Queensland Cowboys outgun Brisbane Broncos to win premiership". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  17. ↑ "Grand Final Player Ratings". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  18. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/live-coverage-of-the-anzac-test-between-australia-and-new-zealand-at-hunter-stadium-newcastle/news-story/5300bf4c11d489981ee82f5d0622f823

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