Matt Mostyn
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Birth name | Matthew R. Mostyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 September 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Mostyn is a retired Irish-Australian rugby player. He earned six caps playing as a wing for the Ireland national rugby union team, including four at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, being eligible through a grandparent from County Tyrone.[3] He played club rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in Australia, with Bordeaux in France, Newport in Wales and Ireland, finishing his career at Connacht and Galwegians in 2008.
Mostyn also played sevens for the Ireland national rugby sevens team. He played at the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens and also played several legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Mostyn was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney, Australia.[4][5] He earned a journalism degree in 2005.
References
[edit]- ^ Matt Mostyn Stats Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Magners League
- ^ "Matt Mostyn - Player Stats". European Professional Club Rugby.[dead link ]
- ^ Adoption crisis, Irish Times, 16 March 2000
- ^ "Matt Mostyn". Scrum.com. ESPN. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Player Favourites: Matt Mostyn". Connacht Rugby. 23 February 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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