Matt Giteau

Matt Giteau
Matt Giteau
Full name Matt Giteau
Date of birth 29 September 1982 (1982-09-29) (age 29)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
School St Edmunds College, Canberra
Notable relative(s) Ron Giteau (father)
Bianca Giteau (wife)
Kristy Giteau (sister)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Inside centre
Fly-half
Halfback
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011– Toulon
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2001–2006
2007–2009
2010–2011
Brumbies
Force
Brumbies
40
37
12
(151)
(296)
(90)
correct as of 13 March 2010.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002–2011 Australia 92 (671)
correct as of 8 November 2010.

Matthew Giteau (born on 29 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky Stuart. He has so far gained 61 Super-14 caps and 92 Test caps.

Giteau is a utility back. His usual positions are inside-centre and fly-half, although he started his career as a scrum-half. He played for Australia for the first time in 2002 against England at Twickenham and was named as one of the five best players in the world in 2004.[citation needed]

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Personal life

His father Ron Giteau is a former rugby league player, and his older sister Kristy is a dual-code rugby international for Australia. His wife Bianca (née Franklin) is a netball player with the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

The Giteaus were married on the Gold Coast 11 December 2010.[1]

Playing career

2001-2005

Giteau made his debut for the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and the Wallabies ini 2002. During this time he won two Super 12 titles with the Brumbies in 2001 and 2004 and was a part of the Wallabies 2003 Rugby World Cup campaign.

2006–2007

In April 2006 he announced that he would play for Perth's Super-14 team, in the 2007 season. He was included in the Wallabies' 2006 mid-year rugby tests squad, but was ruled out with an injury. However he recovered in time for the 2006 Tri Nations Series. He came off the bench in the first game in the series. In 2007, Giteau was selected for the Wallabies Rugby World Cup 2007 and 2008 squad and was first choice No. 12. He also had gained 40 test points, putting him in the top scorer's list in the competition. Giteau was taking injuries into the match when the Wallabies lost in the quarter-final to England 10–12. After the Rugby World Cup had finished, Giteau was picked for the Barbarians team to face the winners that had won the Rugby World Cup that year, South Africa. While playing in the No. 10 jersey, the Barbarians had won comfortably winning 22–5 and Giteau scoring a try.

2008: Playing no.10

In 2008, new Wallabies Coach Robbie Deans anointed Giteau as Australia's new fly-half, following the retirement of Wallaby legend Stephen Larkham. Giteau had made a good start[citation needed] at playing no.10 while facing Ireland and France in the mid year test and was also a good build-up for Giteau to play in the 10 jersey in the Tri Nations. in the Tri Nations, Giteau played in all six games and he started to become 'World Class'[citation needed] in the fly half position. Had good games against the All Blacks winning 34–22 at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, and against South Africa winning 27–15 at Kings Park Stadium in Durban.

Super 15: Western Force & Brumbies

Giteau played for the Western Force for three years (2007–2009). In 2007 the Force came seventh in the Super 14 season, recording their first home win (an 17–18 upset against the Hurricanes). In 2010 he moved back to Canberra and played again for the Brumbies for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

Move to France

During the 2011 Super Rugby season, Giteau signed with big-spending French club Toulon, a move that would take effect after the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Despite not being selected for the Australia World Cup squad, he could not join Toulon until mid-November, as he was still under contract with the Australian Rugby Union through the World Cup.[2]

International tries

Matt Giteau's international tries[3]
Try Opposing team City/country Venue Competition Year
[1]  Romania Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium Rugby World Cup 2003
[2–4]  Namibia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval Rugby World Cup 2003
[5]  Scotland Melbourne, Australia Docklands Stadium Hopetoun Cup 2004
[6–7]  Pacific Islanders Melbourne, Australia Docklands Stadium Test Match 2004
[8]  Scotland Glasgow, Scotland Hampden Park Hopetoun Cup 2004
[9]  Italy Melbourne, Australia Docklands Stadium Test Match 2005
[10–11]  South Africa Sydney, Australia Stadium Australia Mandela Challenge Plate 2005
[12–13]  South Africa Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium Tri Nations 2006
[14]  Wales Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium Test Match 2006
[15]  Wales Sydney, Australia Stadium Australia James Bevan Trophy 2007
[17]  South Africa Sydney, Australia Stadium Australia Tri Nations 2007
[18]  Wales Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium Rugby World Cup 2007
[19–20]  Fiji Montpellier, France Stade de la Mosson Rugby World Cup 2007
[21]  France Sydney, Australia Stadium Australia Trophée des Bicentenaires 2007
[22]  Italy Canberra, Australia Canberra Stadium Test Match 2009
[23]  France Sydney, Australia Stadium Australia Trophée des Bicentenaires 2009
[24]  South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Newlands Stadium Tri Nations 2009
[25–26]  South Africa Perth, Australia Subiaco Oval Tri Nations 2009
[27–28]  England Sydney, Australia ANZ Stadium Test Match 2010

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