Matt Gillett
2nd Row
Retired
Player Bio
- Date of Birth:
- 12 August 1988
- Birthplace:
- Macksville, NSW
- Nickname:
- -
- Debut Club:
- Brisbane Broncos
- Date:
- 12 March 2010
- Opposition:
- North Queensland
- Round:
- 1
- Previous Club:
- Brisbane Broncos
- Junior Club:
- Bribie Island Warrigals
- Biography:
One of the preeminent second-rowers of his generation, Matt Gillett scaled the heights of rugby league throughout a career that was unfortunately cut short by injury.
Still, with 200 premiership matches and great success for Queensland and Australia on his resume, Gillett achieved almost everything after debuting in 2010.
A renowned hole-runner who stung with his defence, Gillett is regarded as a Broncos legend having only played at Red Hill.
After suffering a fractured neck in 2018, Gillett bravely fought back the next season to represent the Maroons again but hung up the boots at the end of 2019 due to ongoing injuries.
Playing
- Appearances
- 200
- Points
- 232
- Tries
- 58
Career By Season
| Year | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | Tries | Goals | Points | Kicking Metres | Kicking Metres Average | Forced Drop Outs | Linebreaks | Offloads | Tackles Made | Missed Tackles | Total Running Metres | Average Running Metres | Kick Return Metres | Total Points | Average Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broncos | 2010 | 21 | 10 | 11 | - | 48% | 12 | - | 48 | 45 | 2.14 | - | 12 | 33 | 492 | 60 | 1,954 | 93.05 | 20 | - | - |
| Broncos | 2011 | 19 | 15 | 4 | - | 79% | 6 | - | 24 | 51 | 2.68 | - | 6 | 26 | 469 | 67 | 1,360 | 71.58 | 3 | - | - |
| Broncos | 2012 | 23 | 11 | 12 | - | 48% | 6 | - | 24 | 25 | 1.09 | - | 3 | 30 | 459 | 80 | 1,619 | 70.39 | - | - | - |
| Broncos | 2013 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 45% | 7 | - | 28 | 99 | 4.50 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 700 | 61 | 2,385 | 108.41 | 12 | 670 | 30.0 |
| Broncos | 2014 | 21 | 10 | 11 | - | 48% | 10 | - | 40 | 73 | 3.49 | - | 11 | 24 | 605 | 62 | 2,010 | 95.73 | 54 | 938 | 44.0 |
| Broncos | 2015 | 26 | 18 | 8 | - | 69% | 3 | - | 12 | 68 | 2.60 | - | 4 | 14 | 1,040 | 59 | 2,579 | 99.20 | 53 | 1,343 | 51.0 |
| Broncos | 2016 | 21 | 15 | 6 | - | 71% | 3 | - | 12 | 49 | 2.33 | - | 4 | 13 | 792 | 61 | 1,704 | 81.18 | 27 | 969 | 46.0 |
| Broncos | 2017 | 25 | 16 | 9 | - | 64% | 7 | - | 28 | 60 | 2.41 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 931 | 92 | 2,447 | 97.88 | 56 | 1,217 | 48.0 |
| Broncos | 2018 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 40% | - | - | - | 103 | 20.58 | 2 | - | 1 | 194 | 16 | 385 | 77.16 | 2 | 228 | 45.0 |
| Broncos | 2019 | 17 | 6 | 11 | - | 35% | 4 | - | 16 | 75 | 4.41 | - | 2 | 9 | 578 | 38 | 1,181 | 69.00 | 2 | 701 | 41.2 |
Career Overall
| Year Start | Year End | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win % | Tries | Goals | Points | Kicking Metres | Kicking Metres Average | Forced Drop Outs | Linebreaks | Offloads | Tackles Made | Missed Tackles | Total Running Metres | Average Running Metres | Kick Return Metres | Total Points | Average Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broncos | 2010 | 2019 | 200 | 113 | 86 | 1 | 56% | 58 | - | 232 | 648 | 3.24 | 5 | 57 | 203 | 6,251 | 595 | 17,602 | 88.00 | 232 | 6,507 | 47.5 |
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