Mat Gardner

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Matt Gardner
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Personal information
Full nameMatthew Gardner
Born (1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 40)
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg) [1]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2004 Barrow Raiders 430012
2004 Castleford Tigers 11004
2006–07 Huddersfield Giants 2680032
2008 Salford City Reds 32230092
2009 Harlequins RL 92008
2010–11 Widnes Vikings 54150060
2012–14 Leigh Centurions 582600104
2015–17 Swinton Lions 82008
Total1928000320
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2006 Cumbria 11004
2020 Brazil 10000
Rugby union
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016 Brazil 7s
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2020 Brazil 1100100
Source: [2] [3]
As of 19 February 2021
Relatives Ade Gardner (brother)

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

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Playing career

Huddersfield Giants

Gardner joined from Castleford Tigers 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 till 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.

International career

Gardner was called up to represent Brazil in rugby union sevens at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

In 2020 he played one game for the Brazil national rugby league team.

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