Matt Adamson

Matt Adamson
	Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Position	Fullback, Wing, Second-row
Club
Representative
Coaching information
Representative
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Matt Adamson (born 14 August 1972 in

Australian international representative second-row (under the Super League banner), he played club football in Australia with the Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders, and in England with Leeds. Adamson started his career as a fullback or positions, and was moved into the forwards by Penrith coach Royce Simmons

, in 1996.

Career

A 6'5" (195 cm) tall fullback or winger in the early years of his career, Adamson was reportedly the second tallest fullback in top level rugby league history in Australia, second only to former

Queensland, and Australian fullback Paul Hauff who stands 6'6" (197 cm). Adamson has been joined as the second tallest fullback in history by current South Sydney player Greg Inglis

who is also 6'5" tall.

Adamson, who had signed with Super League in 1995 along with the rest of the Penrith Panthers and the club itself, made his test début from the bench for Australia in the

inaugural ANZAC Test against New Zealand in 1997, won 34–22 by Australia at the Sydney Football Stadium. He was then selected in the second row for the end of season test against the Kiwis at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland

, won 30–12 by the Kiwis.

Following the test in Auckland, Adamson was selected to play for Australia in all three matches of the

Australian Rugby League refuse to acknowledge the tests played under the Super League due to the Super League war

, and in their official records the games are not recorded.

Adamson made his State of Origin début from the bench for NSW in Game 2 of the

Suncorp Stadium

in what would be his final representative game.

After 10 seasons playing in Australia with Parramatta (1991) and Penrith (1993–2001), Adamson signed to play with English Super League team Leeds Rhinos following the 2001 NRL season. He would spend three seasons with Leeds before returning to Australia to play for the Canberra Raiders in 2005.

Matt Adamson retired from playing at the end of the 2005 season. He played 1 game for Parramatta, 157 games for Penrith, 62 for Leeds and 16 for Canberra.

Post Playing

Adamson worked as an assistant coach to Matthew Elliott at Penrith Panthers during 2007 and 2008 but was sacked at the end of the 2008 season as part of a coaching "restructure."^[3]

Matt Adamson has worked a commentator for Fox Sports in their telecasts of the National Rugby League.

Appointed as the

Easts Tigers & Sunshine Coast Falcons

.

Matt coach the

Campbelltown Stadium, NSW.^[4]