Matt Riddle (rugby league)

Matt Riddle (born 18 March 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Matt Riddle
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Riddle
Born (1983-03-18) 18 March 1983
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004 South Sydney 2 1 6 0 16
Source: [1]

Biography

Riddle, who grew up in the NSW north coast town of Lennox Head, started his career with the Bulldogs.[2] He was a member of the Bulldogs' 2001 Jersey Flegg premiership winning team and scored the winning try in the grand final win over the Sharks.[3] At the World Sevens in 2003 he was tournament's the leading point-scorer with 40 points, but didn't make a first-grade appearance while with the Bulldogs and left for South Sydney after that season.[2]

In the 2004 NRL season he featured as a goal-kicking winger for South Sydney in the first two rounds of the season. On debut against the Sydney Roosters he scored a second half try and kicked two goals from five attempts, in a 10-point loss.[4] The following round against the Wests Tigers he finished on the winning side courtesy of a golden point field goal by Willie Peters and scored from all four of his shots on goal, with two conversions and two penalties.[5]

References
  1. Collis, Ian (2018). The A to Z of Rugby League Players. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781921024986.
  2. "Not much of a final but what a somersault". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 February 2003.
  3. "Jersey Flegg Grand Final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Newspapers.com. 1 October 2001.
  4. "Roosters down Souths 26-16". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 March 2004.
  5. "Peters kicks Souths to golden point glory". ABC News. 21 March 2004.
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