Matt Frawley

Matt Frawley (born 24 December 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth, halfback or hooker for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.^[4][5]

Matt Frawley

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Frawley^[1]
Born	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 28) Canberra, ACT, Australia
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Halfback, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2017–18 Canterbury Bulldogs 31 6 0 0 24 2019 Huddersfield Giants 22 4 0 0 16 2020– Canberra Raiders 14 2 0 0 8 Total 67 12 0 0 48
Source: ^[2]^[3] As of 6 May 2022

Frawley previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League and the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.

Background

Frawley was born in Canberra, ACT, Australia. Frawley is of Irish heritage. ^[6]

Frawley played his junior rugby league for the Belconnen United Sharks and West Belconnen Warriors,^[7] before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career

Early career

In 2013 and 2014, Frawley played for the Canberra Raiders' NYC team,^[8] captaining the side in 2014.^[7] Frawley had doubts about ever making the NRL as Canberra signed Blake Austin.

Frawley started selling retail clothes in Canberra before signing a 2-year contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs that began in 2015.^[9]

 

Frawley playing for the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2016

2017

In round 5 of the 2017 NRL season, Frawley got the call up from coach Des Hasler and made his NRL debut for Canterbury against the Brisbane Broncos,^[10][11] due to incumbent half Moses Mbye being suspended for one-match. Frawley was named in the number 6 jersey.

In his second game in the NRL, he was originally named in the number 20 jersey, coach Des Hasler moved him onto the bench in place of Raymond Faitala-Mariner. He came on late in the first half in place of injured Brad Abbey, and in the first set of the second half scored a try, his first in the NRL. He also came up with a try assist, with a cut out pass to send Josh Morris over in the corner.^[12]

In round 6 against Newcastle Knights, Frawley was named in the number 20 jersey, he was later named on the bench in place of Raymond Faitala-Mariner. Frawley didn't get on the field in the first half, though when Brad Abbey fell down with injury, Frawley came on to the field in the second half. He scored a try. He dummied multiple times and put the Bulldogs in the lead. The Bulldogs went on to win 22-12.^{[citation needed]}

In round 9, Frawley played his former side, Canberra with Canterbury winning the game 16-10. He had to take control as Josh Reynolds got injured, and was ruled out until round 14.

Frawley scored his second career try in Round 11 against the Sydney Roosters, almost completing his team's comeback.^{[citation needed]}

2018

Frawley started the 2018 season as Canterbury's first choice five-eighth, but was demoted to reserve grade by coach Dean Pay after 2 games.^[13] After spending 7 weeks in reserve grade, Frawley was recalled to Canterbury's NRL side for their round 9 game against Brisbane.^[14][15] On 27 August, Frawley was one of the players announced to be departing the club at the end of the season after his contract was not renewed.^[16] It was announced on 28 October 2018 that Frawley had signed for Huddersfield in the Super League.

2019

On 10 December, it was announced that Frawley had signed a one-year development contract with NRL side Canberra for the 2020 NRL season.^[17]

2020

In round 20 of the 2020 NRL season, Frawley made and scored a try on his debut for the Canberra Raiders in the role of five-eighth, against Cronulla-Sutherland in their final game of the 2020 regular season.^[18][19]

2021

Frawley made only five appearances for Canberra in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club finish a disappointing 10th on the table.^[20][21]

2022

Frawley made eight appearances for Canberra in the 2022 NRL season as the club finished 8th on the table and qualified for the finals. Frawley did not play in either of Canberra's finals matches.^[22]

Career statistics

Year	Games	Tries	Goals	Try Assists	Tackles	Hitups	Points
2017	7	5	0	2	88	38	8

References

1. NRL Digital Media (13 November 2014). "Young Frawley Now a Bulldog". Bulldogs. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
2. loverugbyleague
3. "Matt Frawley - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. 24 December 1994. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
4. "Matt Frawley". Canberra Raiders.
5. "Matt Frawley returns to Raiders". Canberra Raiders. 10 December 2019.
6. "Raiders Backgrounds". Twitter. 24 March 2022.
7. Rugby League (8 November 2014). "Canberra Raiders under-20s captain Matt Frawley signs two-year deal with the Canterbury Bulldogs". Canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
8. "F". Nyc Database. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
9. Zero Tackle (5 November 2014). "Frawley pens two-year deal with Bulldogs". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
10. "Updated team lists: Bulldogs v Broncos". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
11. NRL Digital Media. . Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
12. "Bulldogs come back to beat Knights". NRL.com. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
13. "Bulldogs NRL team news: Matt Frawley dropped, Jeremy Marshall-King comes in". 20 March 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
14. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "NRL 2018 - Round 9 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
15. "Team lists: Mass changes for Canterbury". News.com.au — Australia's Leading News Site. May 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
16. "Join us on Sunday to say farewell to our departing players". 27 August 2018.
17. "Matt Frawley returns to Raiders". Raiders.com.au. 10 December 2019.
18. "Must watch: Stuart announces four players to make Raiders debut".
19. "Parramatta beats Wests Tigers to claim third spot on NRL ladder, Panthers and Raiders score wins". ABC News. 26 September 2020.
20. "Roosters' 'Mr Fix It' stuns with hat-trick, Sloppy Raiders' final fade out ends season: 3 Big Hits". www.foxsports.com.au. 2 September 2021.
21. "Tough conversations coming for senior Canberra stars as interest grows in Parramatta young gun Dylan Brown". www.theaustralian.com.au.
22. "Eels send ruthless title message, bury finals 'ghosts' in Raiders no-show: 3 Big Hits". www.foxsports.com.au.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matt Frawley.

• Canberra Raiders profile
• Huddersfield Giants profile
• SL profile