Matt Sing

Originally from Winton in Central Queensland, Matt Sing came to Penrith after representing Central Queensland U'17s as a halfback. When his lower grade form faltered, Sing was sent to Penrith’s Junior League where he was moved to centre by former Panthers’ coach Len Stacker. Such was the improvement in Sing’s confidence that he lasted only one game before being sent back to grade. In quick succession, he was chosen for the Junior Kangaroos and named Penrith’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ in 1994. Not unlike Steve Renouf in his running style (and trademark headgear), Sing remained with the ARL when Penrith joined Super League in 1995 and made his State of Origin debut on the wing in Queensland’s whitewash of NSW. When winger Brett Dallas was injured in the First Test against NZ, Sing was called into the Australian Test team as his replacement for the rest of the series but missed World Cup selection when he was injured late in the year. Penrith threatened legal action when Sing signed with ARL stronghold Easts but in the ensuing court action, Penrith’s move to Super League nullified the hold the club had on Sing and team-mate Brad Fittler. Sing extended his Test career with matches against Papua New Guinea (1996) and Rest of the World (1997) but was originally overlooked for Test duty after the reunification of the game in 1998. Consistently chosen in Queensland’s State of Origin team and a big-game player with the Roosters (2000 grand final winger), he signed with the Nth Queensland North Queensland at the end of 2001. Just when it appeared that he rep career may be winding down Sing was recalled into Queensland’s State of Origin team in 2003 and then became the Cowboy’s first Test player when selected in the one-off Test against NZ in July in which he crossed for 2 tries. In 2004, as Nth Queensland made its charge into the play-offs, Sing came back from a broken jaw injury suffered in the third State of Origin match to score three tries in the North Queensland’ 30-22 win over eventual premiers C’bury in the quarter final. Chosen in the Australian team for the 2004 Tri Nations, he announced his retirement from rep duty after playing in all five Tests in England, including the 44-4 thrashing of Great Britain in the final. Sing contradicted that stance in a highly successful 2005 season – representing Australia in the one-off Test against NZ in April, playing for Queensland in all three matches of the State of Origin series and scoring a try in the North Queensland’ grand final loss to the W’Tigers. Sing left the club the following year to join English club Hull; an unassuming, underrated player except for those who followed his career his 159 career tries placed him fifth on the list of try-scorers in the history of the game.

Career Statistics

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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1995, 1999, 2003-05	12	4	-				-	16	9	2	1	75.00%
Overall	1995-2005	12	4	0				0	16	9	2	1	75.00%
International Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1995-1997	2	1	-				-	4	2	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1996-1997	2	1	0				0	4	2	0	0	100.00%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Queensland	1995-00, 2003-05	24	5	-				-	20	10	14	0	41.67%
Overall	1995-2005	24	5	0				0	20	10	14	0	41.67%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Penrith	NSWRL 1993	4	-	-				-	-	2	2	0	50.00%
Penrith	NSWRL 1994	17	6	-				-	24	8	8	1	47.06%
Penrith	ARL 1995	15	8	-				-	32	6	9	0	40.00%
Sydney City	ARL 1996	21	12	-				-	48	14	6	1	66.67%
Sydney City	ARL 1997	22	11	-				-	44	14	7	1	63.64%
Sydney City	NRL 1998	27	15	-				-	60	18	9	0	66.67%
Sydney City	NRL 1999	20	13	-				-	52	14	6	0	70.00%
Sydney	NRL 2000	19	13	-				-	52	12	7	0	63.16%
Sydney	NRL 2001	26	8	-				-	32	13	12	1	50.00%
North Queensland	NRL 2002	23	16	-				-	64	8	15	0	34.78%
North Queensland	NRL 2003	20	21	-				-	84	9	11	0	45.00%
North Queensland	NRL 2004	12	7	-				-	28	6	6	0	50.00%
North Queensland	NRL 2005	25	16	-				-	64	14	11	0	56.00%
North Queensland	NRL 2006	24	13	-				-	52	11	13	0	45.83%
Overall	1993-2006	275	159	0				0	636	149	122	4	54.18%
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Penrith	1993-95	36	14	-				-	56	16	19	1	44.44%
Sydney City	1996-01	135	72	-				-	288	85	47	3	62.96%
North Queensland	2002-06	104	73	-				-	292	48	56	0	46.15%
Overall	1993-2006	275	159	0				0	636	149	122	4	54.18%
Australian Finals Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Sydney City	1996-01	15	4	-				-	16	6	9	0	40.00%
North Queensland	2002-2005	7	5	-				-	20	4	3	0	57.14%
Overall	1996-2005	22	9	0				0	36	10	12	0	45.45%
English League Career - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Hull FC	Super League XII 2007	23	11	-				-	44	11	11	1	47.83%
Hull FC	Challenge Cup 2007	3	1	-				-	4	2	1	0	66.67%
Hull FC	Super League XIII 2008	18	3	-				-	12	4	14	0	22.22%
Hull FC	Challenge Cup 2008	4	2	-				-	8	3	1	0	75.00%
Overall	2007-2008	48	17	0				0	68	20	27	1	41.67%
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Hull FC	2007-08	48	17	-				-	68	20	27	1	41.67%
Overall	2007-2008	48	17	0				0	68	20	27	1	41.67%

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