Matthew Gidley

Matt Gidley
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Gidley
Born (1977-07-01) 1 July 1977
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
PositionCentre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–06 Newcastle Knights 222 69 0 1 273
2007–10 St Helens 124 48 6 0 204
Total 346 117 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
1997–05 Country Origin 2 0 0 1 1
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RelativesKurt Gidley (brother)

Matthew "Matt" Gidley (born 1 July 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and administrator. Gidley played for the Newcastle Knights in the ARL Premiership and the NRL, and St Helens in the Super League, and for New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Australia at international level. He is also the former CEO of Football Operations at Newcastle.