Mat Gardner

Mat Gardner (born 24 August 1985) is a professional rugby league footballer.

Mat Gardner
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Gardner
Born (1985-08-24) 24 August 1985
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg) [1]
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004 Barrow Raiders 4 3 0 0 12
2004 Castleford Tigers 1 1 0 0 4
2006–07 Huddersfield Giants 26 8 0 0 32
2008 Salford City Reds 32 23 0 0 92
2009 Harlequins RL 9 2 0 0 8
2010–11 Widnes Vikings 54 15 0 0 60
2012–14 Leigh Centurions 58 26 0 0 104
2015–17 Swinton Lions 8 2 0 0 8
Total 192 80 0 0 320
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020 Brazil 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016 Brazil 7s
Coaching information
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2020 Brazil 1 1 0 0 100
Source: [2][3]
As of 19 February 2021

Rugby League Career

Huddersfield Giants

Gardner joined from Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 818) and made his Super League début in a match against Wakefield Trinity on 4 March 2006 for Huddersfield. He enjoyed a solid début season with the Huddersfield in 2006, which included a memorable hat-trick against the Catalans Dragons, and also played several games, which saw him line-up against his brother Ade Gardner.

He played in Huddersfield's first seven games and scored 2 tries, although a long run in the reserves followed before he was recalled for the game against Harlequins RL.

Salford Red Devils

With Huddersfield signing David Hodgson from Salford and Rod Jensen being established on the other wing Mat Gardner left Huddersfield and signed for Salford for the 2008 season.

Harlequins RL

Gardner moved to Harlequins RL for the 2009 Super League season. He then moved to Widnes, boarding and playing darts but never marking at The Sporties in St. Helens.

Leigh Centurions

He signed for Leigh for the 2012 season scoring 26 tries in 58 appearances up til the beginning of the 2014 season.

International

On 22 Feb 2020 Mat captained and coached Brazil in their 30-14 win over Peru in Sydney.

Rugby Union

He switched codes to represent Brazil in rugby union sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

References
  1. "RLFANS.COM Super League Statistics". web page. RLFANS.COM. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Rugby League Project

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12196/12034553/listen-brazil-womens-coach-and-ex-super-league-player-mat-gardner-on-the-golden-point-podcast

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