Matthew Carraro
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| Full name | Matthew Carraro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 August 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Carraro (born 4 August 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby union player. His usual positions were at centre or on the wing. Carraro played for the Waratahs and Brumbies in Super Rugby, as well as for Bath in England, and Montpellier and Toulon in France.
Family and early life
[edit | edit source]Matthew Carraro was born in Gosford, New South Wales. He is the nephew of former Avoca and Manly player at tighthead prop David Carraro. He attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and was selected for the Australian Schools team in 2002.[1]
Carraro is married and has two children (a son and a daughter) with his wife Nardia.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]After signing a rookie contract with the Brumbies for one season, he joined the Waratahs in 2008. Carraro was selected for the Australia A team to play in the 2008 Pacific Nations Cup.[1]
He joined Bath Rugby in 2009, signing a two-year extension in summer 2011. In March 2012, he confirmed that he would be leaving Bath for Montpellier at the end of the season.[3]
Carraro returned to the Waratahs for the 2014 Super Rugby season.[4] He played in Sydney until the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season. His season for the Waratahs was such a success, he was nicknamed "Mr fix-it" for revitalising the Waratahs wing.
He joined with French club Toulon as a replacement for the injured Ayumu Goromaru for the 2016–17 Top 14 season but was then signed on to a full season contract,[5] for what was his last season of professional rugby.
Following his retirement from the top level of the game, Carraro pursued his teaching career in physical education at St John’s Nowra on the NSW south coast.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Stats on It's Rugby
- Waratahs profile: Matt Carraro at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 April 2016)
- Bath Rugby profile
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- New South Wales Country Eagles players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- RC Toulon players
- Bath Rugby players
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
- Staff of Newington College
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in England
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen