Matt Geyer and his daughter celebrating the 2007 premiership. |
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Geyer | |
| Date of birth | 5 September 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | |
| Nickname(s) | Boofa | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | |
| Current club | Melbourne Storm | |
| Number | 14 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Cambridge Park | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1997 1998– |
 Perth Reds Melbourne |
6 (4) 247 (628) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 2002–2006 1999 |
 City Origin New South Wales Blues |
2 3 (8) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Matt Geyer (born 5 September 1975 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competition. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Blacktown is a Suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The Melbourne Storm is a professional Rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia Geyer has represented for New South Wales and City Origin. The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland Teams History Country V City has long played a part in New South Wales sporting history with the first traces of the concept being linked back as far as 1886 Most of his career has been played at wing, but he has also played a large utility role at the club, including fullback, centre, five-eighth and hooker. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Geyer is the younger brother of former Penrith Panthers player Mark Geyer. The Penrith Panthers is an Australian professional Rugby league football team Mark Geyer (born 7 December, 1967) is an Australian former professional Rugby league second row forward, a state and national representative
Geyer started his career in 1997 for the Western Reds in the Super League competition, but then became one of the foundation members of the Melbourne Storm when he signed for the club in 1998. This article details the year of rugby league run by Super League (Australia. Since then, Geyer has become the most capped Melbourne Storm player, also holding the record for most tries for the club.
Geyer kicked the winning conversion in the 1999 Grand Final to earn the Storm a premiership in only their second year in the NRL competition. 1999 saw the second season of the National Rugby League premiership the 92nd season of professional Rugby league football in Australia He replaced Craig Smith, who had been knocked out (resulting in the Storm being awarded a penalty try). The only current player remaining from the 1999 grand final squad, he has also been part of the Storm's 2006 and 2007 grand final campaigns. Geyer became the Storm's first player to make 200 appearances, against the Cronulla Sharks at Melbourne's Olympic Park in 2006. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney Geyer is currently contracted to the Storm until the end of the 2008 season, after which he will retire.
External links
- Storm Profile
- Matt Geyer at the State of Origin official website. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues
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