Matt Faessler

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Matt Faessler
Full nameMatthew Faessler
Date of birth (1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
School Toowoomba Grammar [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Reds
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 Queensland Country 6 (0)
2021– Reds 41 (70)
Correct as of 7 June 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018 Australia U20 1 (0)
2023- Australia 5 (0)
Correct as of 24 September 2023

Matt Faessler (born 21 December 1998 in Australia) [2] is an Australian rugby union player who plays internationally for the Wallabies and for the Reds in Super Rugby. His playing position is hooker. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [3] [4] He previously represented the Queensland Country in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. [5]

Faessler's grandfather Vince Bermingham played for the Wallabies in the 1930s. [6]

Reference list

  1. ↑ Tucker, Jim (24 April 2023). "Matt Faessler and Kalani Thomas re-sign with Queensland Rugby". Reds Rugby. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Matt Faessler". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced" (Press release). Queensland Reds. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced". Rugby.com.au. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bond University Queensland Country squad announced for 2019 National Rugby Championship". Queensland Rugby Union. 26 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Payten, Iain (1 July 2023). "Tomahawks, punch-ups and Bledisloe glory: New Wallaby's colourful family history". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2025.


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