Matt Giteau

Name	Matt Giteau
Birth name	Matt Giteau
Nickname	Gits
Birth date	September 29, 1982
Birth place	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height
Weight
Ru position	Inside centreFly-halfHalfback
Ru nationalteam	Australia
Ru nationalyears	2002–present
Ru nationalcaps	89
Ru nationalpoints	(671)
Ru ntupdate	8 November 2010
Super14	BrumbiesForceBrumbies
Super14years	2001–2006 2007–20092010–
Super14caps	403712
Super14points	(151)(296)(90)
Ru currentclub	Canberra Vikings
Super14update	13 March 2010
Other	yes
Relatives	Ron Giteau (father) Bianca Giteau (wife) Kristy Giteau (sister)
School	St Edmunds College, Canberra

Matthew Giteau (born on 29 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian international rugby union footballer. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky Stuart. He has so far gained 61 Super-14 caps and 78 Test caps.

Giteau is a utility back. His usual positions are inside-centre and fly-half, although he started his career as a scrum-half. He played for Australia for the first time in 2002 against England at Twickenham and was named as one of the five best players in the world in 2004.

His father Ron Giteau is a former rugby league player, and his older sister Kristy is a dual-code rugby international for Australia. His wife Bianca (née Franklin) is a netball player with the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

The Giteaus were married on the Gold Coast 11 December 2010.

Career

2006–2007

In April 2006 he announced that he would play for Perth's Super-14 team, in the 2007 season. He was included in the Wallabies' 2006 mid-year rugby tests squad, but was ruled out with an injury. However he recovered in time for the 2006 Tri Nations Series. He came off the bench in the first game in the series. In 2007, Giteau was selected for the Wallabies Rugby World Cup 2007 and 2008 squad and was first choice No. 12. He also had gained 40 test points, putting him in the top scorer's list in the competition. Giteau was taking injuries into the match when the Wallabies lost in the quarter-final to England 10–12. After the Rugby World Cup had finished, Giteau was picked for the Barbarians team to face the winners that had won the Rugby World Cup that year, South Africa. While playing in the No. 10 jersey, the Barbarians had won comfortably winning 22–5 and Giteau scoring a try.

2008: Playing no.10

In 2008, new Wallabies Coach Robbie Deans anointed Giteau as Australia's new fly-half, following the retirement of Wallaby legend Stephen Larkham. Giteau had made a good start at playing no.10 while facing Ireland and France in the mid year test and was also a good build-up for Giteau to play in the 10 jersey in the Tri Nations. in the Tri Nations, Giteau played in all six games and he started to become 'World Class' in the fly half position. Had good games against the NZ All Blacks winning 34–22 at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, and against South Africa winning 27–15 at Kings Park Stadium in Durban.

Super 15: Western Force & Brumbies

Giteau played for the Western Force for three years (2007–2009). In 2007 the Force came seventh in the Super 14 season, recording their first home win (an 17–18 upset against the Hurricanes).

International Tries

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%" align="center" width:"100%" !colspan=7|Matt Giteau's International Tries |- ! width="60"|Try !! width="175"|Opposing Team !! width="200"|City/Country !! width="175"|Venue !! width="175"|Competition !! width="50"|Year |- | [1] || || Brisbane, Australia || Lang Park || Rugby World Cup || 2003 |- | [2–4] || || Adelaide, Australia || Adelaide Oval || Rugby World Cup || 2003 |- | [5] || || Melbourne, Australia || Docklands Stadium || Hopetoun Cup || 2004 |- | [6–7] || || Melbourne, Australia || Docklands Stadium || Test Match || 2004 |- | [8] || || Glasgow, Scotland || Hampden Park || Hopetoun Cup || 2004 |- | [9] || || Melbourne, Australia || Docklands Stadium || Test Match || 2005 |- | [10–11] || || Sydney, Australia || Stadium Australia || Mandela Challenge Plate || 2005 |- | [12–13] || || Brisbane, Australia || Lang Park || Tri Nations || 2006 |- | [14] || || Cardiff, Wales || Millennium Stadium || Test Match 2006 |- | [15] || || Sydney, Australia || Stadium Australia || James Bevan Trophy || 2007 |-| [16] || || Cape Town, South Africa || Newlands Stadium || Tri Nations || 2007 |- | [17] || || Sydney, Australia || Stadium Australia || Tri Nations || 2007 |- | [18] || || Cardiff, Wales || Millennium Stadium || Rugby World Cup || 2007 |- | [19–20] || || Montpellier, France || Stade de la Mosson || Rugby World Cup || 2007 |- | [21] || || Sydney, Australia || Stadium Australia || Trophée des Bicentenaires || 2007 |- | [22] || || Canberra, Australia || Canberra Stadium || Test Match || 2009 |- | [23] || || Sydney, Australia || Stadium Australia || Trophée des Bicentenaires || 2009 |- | [24] || || Cape Town, South Africa || Newlands Stadium || Tri Nations || 2009 |- | [25–26] || || Perth, Australia || Subiaco Oval || Tri Nations || 2009 |- | [27–28] || || Sydney, Australia || ANZ Stadium || Test Match || 2010 |}

References

External links

Brumbies profile

Wallabies profile

Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Australia international rugby union players Category:Brumbies rugby union players Category:Rugby union centres Category:Rugby union fly-halves Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games