Matt Salter

Matt Salter

Birth name	Matthew Salter
Date of birth	(1976-12-02) 2 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Greenwich, London, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [1]
Weight	16 st 5 lb (104 kg)
School	Clifton College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Second Row Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995-96 Blackheath () 1998–99 West Hartlepool () 2000–03 Bristol Shoguns 72 (10) 2003–04 Leeds Tykes 17 (5) 2004–09 Bristol 78 (30) Coaching career Years Team 2009-13 Bristol (Academy)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1997–99 London Broncos [2] 57 0

Matthew Salter (born 2 December 1976 in Greenwich, London) is an English former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He was educated at St Dunstan's College in London. He played for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership. He primarily played as a Flanker or in the Second Row.

Rugby career

Salter started his career playing for London & South East Schools, and appeared in the back row for England Schools 18 Group A against New Zealand. He played in National League 2 South for Blackheath in the 1995-96 season, making his début in the second row against London Irish.

He went on to play rugby league and appeared for Great Britain Under 19s against New Zealand. Salter played for the London Broncos in the Super League, and was in the starting line-up (as a prop) for them in the 1999 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final, led out by the club backer at the time, Richard Branson. Although the London Broncos started well, the greater experience of the Leeds Rhinos eventually resulted in a record 52-16 victory for the Leeds Rhinos.

His Bristol career started in the autumn of 1999. Salter captained Bristol Rugby for four consecutive seasons from 2004-2008. ^{[3] [4]} He was named as captain of the Guinness Premiership Dream Team in 2006. ^[5] He played for the club from 1999 until 2009 with just one season away with Leeds.

Post Rugby Playing career

Following his retirement from professional rugby, Salter coached the academy team at Bristol between 2009 and 2011. ^{[6] [7]} He later became the Head Coach at Clifton Rugby and the Director of Rugby at Clifton College. ^[8]

References

1. "Matt Salter". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
2. "Player Summary: Matt Salter". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
3. "Bristol seek signs on road to recovery". The Guardian. 17 December 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
4. "Salter gives up Bristol captaincy". BBC Sport. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
5. "Salter a smash hit". The Times. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
6. "Salter given Bristol academy role". BBC Sport. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
7. "Bristol academy coach Matt Salter to leave club". BBC Sport. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
8. "Matt Salter". Clifton Rugby. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

External links

• (archived by archive.is) Bristol Rugby profile
• Leeds Carnegie profile ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Rugby League Project stats
• Salter to rejoin Bristol
• Salter hit with ban