Matt Garside

Matt Garside is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward and centre for Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship.

Matt Garside
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Garside
Born (1990-10-01) 1 October 1990
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight15 st 4 lb (97 kg)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Centre, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Gateshead Thunder 12 4 0 0 16
2011–12 York City Knights 46 16 0 0 64
2013–14 Sheffield Eagles 55 22 0 0 88
2015–17 London Broncos 77 23 0 0 92
2018–19 Bradford Bulls 40 11 0 0 44
2020–22 Halifax 14 3 0 0 12
2022(loan) → Dewsbury Rams 2 0 0 0 0
2023– Dewsbury Rams 0 0 0 0 0
Total 246 79 0 0 316
Source: [1][2]
As of 5 January 2023

He previously played for the Gateshead Thunder in Championship 1, and the York City Knights, Sheffield Eagles and the London Broncos in the Championship. Garside also played for the Bradford Bulls in League 1.

Playing career

Gateshead Thunder

In 2010, Garside played for Gateshead Thunder making 12 appearances and scoring four tries.

York City Knights

During 2011 and 2012, Matt Garside played for York City making 46 appearances and scoring 16 tries.

Sheffield Eagles

on 6 September 2012, Sheffield announced the signing of Garside from the 2013 Championship season onwards.[3] Garside played a large part of Sheffield's Grand Final winning season scoring 9 tries in 27 games with impressive performances.

London Broncos

On 2 September 2014 relegated Super League side, London Broncos, announced the signing of Garside on a two-year full-time contract. This is his first full-time contract. Commenting on it (extract from reference), "I'm really excited to be joining the club and starting the hard work to take us into a strong Championship season. It's a massive move for me and I am really happy that I have been given the opportunity to move down to London and become a full-time athlete."[4]

Bradford Bulls

In September 2017 his contract ran out at London so he signed for Bradford on a two-year deal.[5]

Halifax

In 2020, Garside signed a contract to join Halifax.[6]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. rugbyleagueproject
  3. "Official Page".
  4. "News | London Broncos Rugby League | Official Site : Broncos sign Matt Garside from Sheffield". www.londonbroncosrl.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014.
  5. "Matthew Garside signs up as latest Bradford Bulls addition". Telegraph and Argus. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. "Fax's Garside has one eye on the future by combining rugby with school role". www.halifaxcourier.co.uk.
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