Matthew Carraro

Matt Carraro
Full name	Matthew Carraro
Date of birth	4 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Gosford, Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb; 205 lb)
School	St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Outside-Centre / Wing
Senior career
Years	Team
2007	Brumbies
2007	Canberra Vikings
2008–2009	Waratahs
2009–2012	Bath
2012–2013	Montpellier
2014–2016	Waratahs
2014	NSW Country Eagles
2016	Toulon
	Correct as of 15 October 2016
International career
Years	Team
2002	Australian Schools
2008	Australia A
	Correct as of 6 July 2008

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]

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]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Matt Carraro". NSW Rugby. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ Decent, Tom. "Matt Carraro welcomed daughter Myla into world just in time for Brumbies game".
^ Centre Matt Carraro confirms departure from Bath. BBC. 27 March 2012.
^ "Super-duper: Competition on grand scale, with up to five new clubs mooted to join". Rugby Heaven. The Age. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
^ "Le RC Toulon conservera Matthew Carraro jusqu'à la fin de la saison". L'Équipe (in French). 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links[edit]

Stats on It's Rugby
Waratahs profile: Matt Carraro at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 April 2016)
Bath Rugby profile

[tah-profile-2009-1] "Matt Carraro". NSW Rugby. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[2] Decent, Tom. "Matt Carraro welcomed daughter Myla into world just in time for Brumbies game".

[3] Centre Matt Carraro confirms departure from Bath. BBC. 27 March 2012.

[age-2013-4] "Super-duper: Competition on grand scale, with up to five new clubs mooted to join". Rugby Heaven. The Age. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

[equipe-2016-5] "Le RC Toulon conservera Matthew Carraro jusqu'à la fin de la saison". L'Équipe (in French). 15 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

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