Matt Seers

Matt Seers
Personal information
Full name Matthew Seers
Born (1974-06-28) June 28, 1974
Chinderah, New South Wales, Australia
Height 175 cm
Playing information
Position Fullback, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–99 North Sydney Bears 133 45 0 0 180
2000–02 Wests Tigers 54 13 0 0 52
2003 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 12 2 0 0 8
Total 199 60 0 0 240
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–97 Country Origin 2 1 0 0 4
1995–97 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] RL stats SL stats

Matt Seers (born 28 June 1974[2]) is an Australian former professional rugby league player for the North Sydney Bears, Wests Tigers and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He played at fullback, centre and five-eighth during his career.[3]

Club career

Matt Seers played his junior football with Cudgen Hornets before becoming a student of St Gregory's College, Campbelltown for his senior years of high school. He was an Australian Secondary Schoolboys Representative in 1992.[4]

In his first year in first-grade, Seers' talent kept experienced fullback Greg Barwick in reserve grade and, in 1994, forced the club’s star signing, Manly-Warringah fullback Ivan Cleary, into the centres. He was named Norwich "Rising Star of the Year" that season.[5]

In 1997, Seers played in 25 games as Norths made it to the preliminary final before losing to eventual premiers Newcastle. Norths made the semis again in 1998, with Seers making a mid-season change to centre and Ben Ikin playing at fullback. Seers played over a hundred games for the Bears, but after a period in rehab for a drug problem,[5][6] signed with the Tigers for 2000.

After initially being left out of the first Wests Tigers' teams,[5] Seers had some success under coach Terry Lamb. Seers moved to the European Super League club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the 2003 season. He was released by the club in August the same year after breaking his hand a few months earlier.[7]

Seers signed a one-year contract with the Cronulla Sharks for the 2004 season, but failed to play any first grade.[8] In 2010, Seers joined Craig Field to play for the Cudgen Hornets in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League.[9]

Representative

In 1995, Seers made his debut at fullback for Country Origin. Two years later he scored a try in the team's 17-4 victory over City.[10]

Seers was selected for four New South Wales State of Origin games. He was on the bench for the first and third games in 1995 and the second round in 1997. Seers was given a start on the wing in the third 1997 Origin game.

Personal life

Seers is the cousin of former Tiger team-mate Craig Field.[6]

On 15 of January 2015 Seers was arrested and charged with supplying and trafficking cocaine.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby League Project". Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  2. ↑ "Rugby League in New Zealand". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  3. ↑ "State of Origin player details". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  4. ↑ "St Gregory's College Intouch magazine". Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  5. 1 2 3 "Matt Seers at Yesterday's Hero". www.yesterdayshero.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  6. 1 2 "Field and McGuinness face two-year drug bans". Daily Liberal. 13 March 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Seers and Sovatabua released by Wakefield" (Fee required). The Independent (London, England). 2003-08-29. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  8. ↑ "Seers thrown NRL lifeline". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Jamie Gallagher (4 February 2010). "Hornets confident of top placing". Tweed Daily News. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "Matt Seers at RLP". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Former league player Matt Seers charged with drug trafficking". Brisbane Times. 15 January 2015.

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