Ryan Matterson

Ryan Matterson
Matterson playing for the Wentworthville Magpies in 2015.
Personal information
Born (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994
Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Five-eighth, Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 Sydney Roosters 60 10 0 0 40
2019– Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–18 City Origin 1 1 0 0 4
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Ryan Matterson (born 13 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2018 NRL premiership. He plays as a second-row, five-eighth and centre.

Background

Matterson was born in Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia. He is the nephew of former Sydney Roosters and Brisbane Broncos player Terry Matterson.[2]

Matterson played his junior rugby league for the Wentworthville Magpies and Bankstown Bulls, before being signed by the Parramatta Eels.

Playing career

Early career

From 2012 to 2014, Matterson played for the Parramatta Eels' NYC team.[3] In 2014, he captained the side.[4] On 3 May 2014, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team against the Queensland under-20s team.[5] On 26 June 2014, he re-signed with the Eels on a 3-year contract.[6] On 18 October 2014, he played for the Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.[7] In 2015, he graduated to Eels' New South Wales Cup team, Wentworthville Magpies.[8] In August 2015, he signed a 2-year contract with the Sydney Roosters starting in 2016.[9]

2016

In Round 8 of the 2016 NRL season, Matterson made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the St. George Illawarra Dragons,[10][11] scoring a try on debut.[12] On 8 May, he played for NSW City against NSW Country, after just two NRL appearances, playing at centre and taking an intercept to set up a try, before scoring one himself in the second half of City's 44-30 victory.[13]

2017

Matterson made 23 appearances for Easts in 2017 as the club fell short of a grand final appearance losing to North Queensland in the preliminary final 29-16.[14][15]

2018

In 2018, Matterson was part of the Easts side which won their 4th minor premiership in 6 years. On 30 September, Matterson played in Easts 21-6 victory over Melbourne in the 2018 NRL grand final. This would be the final appearance for Matterson as an Eastern Suburbs player as he had signed a three year deal to join the Wests Tigers starting in 2019.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Matterson - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Eels re-sign Terry Matterson's nephew". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  3. ↑ "M". Nyc Database. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  4. ↑ NRL. "Matterson: We Gave It Everything - Eels". Parraeels.com.au. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  5. ↑ "NSW State of Origin Under-20s named". NRL.com. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  6. ↑ ParraEels.com.au (2014-06-26). "Eels re-sign Ryan Matterson". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  7. ↑ "Junior Kangaroos side to face NZ". NRL.com. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
  8. ↑ NRL. "VB NSW CUP TEAMS ROUND 1". NSWRL. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  9. ↑ SMH.com.au (2015-08-02). "Interest in late-bloomer O'Brien". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  10. ↑ "Updated team lists: Dragons v Roosters". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  11. ↑ NRL. "NRL Late Mail | Round 8". Roosters. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  12. ↑ "Dragons hold on in Anzac Day thriller". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  13. ↑ "Updated: Representative Round team lists". NRL.com. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  14. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTEtMTY5Ni00LS0tLS0tMjI3MjctLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
  15. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/23/cowboys-fairytale-continues-into-grand-final-with-upset-win-over-roosters
  16. ↑ https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/live-nrl-grand-final-2018-storm-vs-roosters-from-anz-stadium/news-story/201676e5e809c4713bcd150d9d0687da
  17. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/11/wests-tigers-sign-roosters-forward-ryan-matterson/
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