A 6'5" (195 cm) tall fullback or winger in the early years of his career, Adamson was reportedly the second tallest fullback in top level rugby league history in Australia, second only to former Brisbane, Queensland, and Australian fullback Paul Hauff who stands 6'6" (197 cm). Adamson has been joined as the second tallest fullback in history by current South Sydney player Greg Inglis who is also 6'5" tall.
Adamson, who had signed with Super League in 1995 along with the rest of the Penrith Panthers and the club itself, made his test début from the bench for Australia in the inaugural ANZAC Test against New Zealand in 1997, won 34–22 by Australia at the Sydney Football Stadium. He was then selected in the second row for the end of season test against the Kiwis at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, won 30–12 by the Kiwis.
Following the test in Auckland, Adamson was selected to play for Australia in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Great Britain in England. He was selected in the second row for the first test at London's famous Wembley Stadium which saw Australia win 38–14. He kept his place in the side for the second test at Old Trafford, won 20–12 by the Lions, and was relegated to the bench for the deciding test at Elland Road in Leeds as the Australian's wrapped up the series with a 37–20 win. While the games are regarded as full test matches by the Rugby League International Federation, the Australian Rugby League refuse to acknowledge the tests played under the Super League due to the Super League war, and in their official records the games are not recorded.
Adamson made his State of Origin début from the bench for NSW in Game 2 of the 2001 State of Origin series at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney. He was again selected from the bench for the third and deciding game of the series at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium in what would be his final representative game.
After 10 seasons playing in Australia with Parramatta (1991) and Penrith (1993–2001), Adamson signed to play with English Super League team Leeds Rhinos following the 2001 NRL season. He would spend three seasons with Leeds before returning to Australia to play for the Canberra Raiders in 2005.
Matt Adamson retired from playing at the end of the 2005 season. He played 1 game for Parramatta, 157 games for Penrith, 62 for Leeds and 16 for Canberra.
Post Playingedit
Adamson worked as an assistant coach to Matthew Elliott at Penrith Panthers during 2007 and 2008 but was sacked at the end of the 2008 season as part of a coaching "restructure."[3]
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Matt Adamson born 14 August 1972 in Taree New South Wales is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative second row under the Super League banner he played club football in Australia with the Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers and Canberra Raiders and in England with Leeds Adamson started his career as a fullback or positions and was moved into the forwards by Penrith coach Royce Simmons in 1996 Matt AdamsonPersonal informationFull nameMatthew AdamsonBorn 1972 08 14 14 August 1972 age 51 Taree New South Wales AustraliaPlaying informationHeight195 cm 6 ft 5 in Weight107 kg 16 st 12 lb PositionFullback Wing Second rowClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1991 Parramatta Eels 1 0 0 0 01993 01 Penrith Panthers 157 28 2 0 1162002 04 Leeds Rhinos 72 9 0 0 362005 Canberra Raiders 16 4 0 0 16Total 246 41 2 0 168RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1997 Australia SL 5 0 0 0 02001 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 01997 New South Wales SL 1 0 0 0 0Coaching informationRepresentativeYears Team Gms W D L W 2018 Fiji 1 0 0 1 0Source 1 2 Contents 1 Career 2 Post Playing 3 Career highlights 4 Footnotes 5 External linksCareer editA 6 5 195 cm tall fullback or winger in the early years of his career Adamson was reportedly the second tallest fullback in top level rugby league history in Australia second only to former Brisbane Queensland and Australian fullback Paul Hauff who stands 6 6 197 cm Adamson has been joined as the second tallest fullback in history by current South Sydney player Greg Inglis who is also 6 5 tall Adamson who had signed with Super League in 1995 along with the rest of the Penrith Panthers and the club itself made his test debut from the bench for Australia in the inaugural ANZAC Test against New Zealand in 1997 won 34 22 by Australia at the Sydney Football Stadium He was then selected in the second row for the end of season test against the Kiwis at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland won 30 12 by the Kiwis Following the test in Auckland Adamson was selected to play for Australia in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Great Britain in England He was selected in the second row for the first test at London s famous Wembley Stadium which saw Australia win 38 14 He kept his place in the side for the second test at Old Trafford won 20 12 by the Lions and was relegated to the bench for the deciding test at Elland Road in Leeds as the Australian s wrapped up the series with a 37 20 win While the games are regarded as full test matches by the Rugby League International Federation the Australian Rugby League refuse to acknowledge the tests played under the Super League due to the Super League war and in their official records the games are not recorded Adamson made his State of Origin debut from the bench for NSW in Game 2 of the 2001 State of Origin series at the Telstra Stadium in Sydney He was again selected from the bench for the third and deciding game of the series at Brisbane s Suncorp Stadium in what would be his final representative game After 10 seasons playing in Australia with Parramatta 1991 and Penrith 1993 2001 Adamson signed to play with English Super League team Leeds Rhinos following the 2001 NRL season He would spend three seasons with Leeds before returning to Australia to play for the Canberra Raiders in 2005 Matt Adamson retired from playing at the end of the 2005 season He played 1 game for Parramatta 157 games for Penrith 62 for Leeds and 16 for Canberra Post Playing editAdamson worked as an assistant coach to Matthew Elliott at Penrith Panthers during 2007 and 2008 but was sacked at the end of the 2008 season as part of a coaching restructure 3 Matt Adamson has worked a commentator for Fox Sports in their telecasts of the National Rugby League Appointed as the Melbourne Storm under 20 s coach for the 2014 season In 2015 he was appointed by the Melbourne Storm as their Queensland Coaching Director The role saw him overseeing both feeder clubs Easts Tigers amp Sunshine Coast Falcons Matt coach the Fiji national side for one game v Papua New Guinea on 23 June 2018 which Fiji lost 26 14 in Campbelltown Stadium NSW 4 Career highlights editFirst grade debut 26 July 1991 Round 18 Parramatta Eels vs North Sydney at Parramatta StadiumFootnotes edit Rugby League Project Yesterday s Hero Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Adamson sacked in Penrith restructure ninemsn 19 September 2008 Archived from the original on 19 September 2008 Retrieved 20 September 2008 PNG 26 14 Fiji Rugby League Project 23 June 2018 Retrieved 5 February 2021 Sporting positionsPreceded byMick Potter2016 2017 Head Coach nbsp Fiji2018 Succeeded byBrandon Costin 2019External links editNRL profile archived by web archive org Profile at leedsrugby Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matt Adamson amp oldid 1183627672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
