Matt Groat
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| Born | 4 March 1992 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Groat is an Australian rugby league player for Doncaster RLFC in the Championship. He has previously played for Thirlmere Roosters in the Group 6 Rugby League, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers in the NRL. He plays at prop.
Career
Early years
From the small town of Rankins Springs in the Riverina, Groat lived on a 6000ha property,[1] before becoming a student at renowned rugby league school St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.[2] During his time at the school he was named as the most valuable player for his team at the 2010 Australian Schoolboys Championships,[3] and represented the Australian Schoolboys team in 2009 and 2010.[4] In 2011, he was named in the Junior Kangaroos team.[5]
Wests Tigers
Groat joined the Wests Tigers NYC Cup team in 2011. By round 12 he had progressed to making his debut in first grade, after a late injury to Wade McKinnon. Having already played a lower-grade game, Groat came off the bench in the last 5 minutes.[6] Later in the season, Groat became a regular in the first side, playing off the bench. Wests Tigers won 8 of the 10 games he played in 2011.
In an early-season match in 2012, Groat was knocked unconscious by a shoulder charge from Brisbane Broncos forward Ben Te'o.[7] The incident was considered a "test case" on how the judiciary would treat players who made contact with the head when attempting a shoulder-charge.[8] Two weeks later Groat played for New South Wales in the inaugural under-20s State of Origin match,[9] but he failed to make a further first grade appearance for the season.
Groat was unable to play at the start of 2013 due to injury. Coach Mick Potter said, "Matt got his ankle, foot and toe caught in the ground and got some weight on the back of it. He had been working hard and his shape was looking better too."[10] He didn't play any first grade in 2013.
St. George Illawarra Dragons
In September 2013, it was announced that Groat had signed with the Dragons for at least one season.[11] He failed to make any first-grade appearances for the club, and a year later signed with Salford Red Devils.[12]
Personal
Groat has studied a Certificate 4 in Fitness.[13]
Footnotes
- ^ Christian Nicolussi (15 September 2012). "Aaron Woods, Matt Groat out to make mark". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Wayne Cousins. "MATT GROAT ENJOYS THE JOURNEY". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2010 18 Years Championships". SportingPulse. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Australian Schoolboy's relishing English Challenge". http://www.therfl.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "11 NRL players feature in Junior Kangaroos". nrl.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Wayne Cousins. "MATT GROAT ENJOYS THE JOURNEY". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Broncos to appeal Te'o ban | NRL, Rugby League, NRL Scores, NRL Ladder | Fox Sports
- ^ Chris Barrett (10 April 2012). "Te'o shoulders responsibility of tackling judiciary hearing head on". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Tigers prop Groat back from injury". NRL News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Wayne Cousins (25 January 2013). "James Gavet and Matt Groat to miss start of season". weststigers.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Matthews Agrees To Terms". http://www.dragons.com.au/. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work=|work=(help) - ^ "Salford Red Devils: Matt Groat and Luke Menzies join for 2015". BBC. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Toyota U/20's Origin squads named". NRL News. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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