Matt Cockbain
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| Birth name | Matthew James Cockbain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 September 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Brent Cockbain (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Cockbain (born 19 September 1972) is an Australian rugby union football coach and a former international player. He played over 60 tests for the national team, the Wallabies including winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Cockbain was an assistant coach to the Fijian national team on their 2014 end-of-year tour,[2] and the forwards coach at the Melbourne Rebels from 2012 to 2014.[2]
Cockbain began his professional career with the
Melbourne Rebels (ARC) team in the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007. He was called up as an injury standby for the 2007 Wallaby World Cup squad.[citation needed
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His brother, Brent Cockbain played rugby union for Wales.
References
- Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the originalon 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Matt Cockbain". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links
- "Matt Cockbain". IRB. 2003. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007.
- "Matt Cockbain". Sporting Heroes. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014.
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