Matthew Johns

Matthew "Matty" Johns

Johns in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Matthew James Johns
Born	(1971-07-27) 27 July 1971 (age 53) Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Position	Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1992–00 Newcastle Knights 176 22 0 9 97 2001 Wigan Warriors 25 3 0 1 13 2002 Cronulla Sharks 21 8 0 0 32 Total 222 33 0 10 142 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996 Country NSW 1 0 0 0 0 1995–98 New South Wales 4 0 0 0 0 1995–99 Australia 9 2 0 0 8
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Matthew James Johns (born 27 July 1971) is an Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative five-eighth, Johns played his club football primarily with the Newcastle Knights, alongside his younger brother, Andrew. Since March 2011, Johns has been a co-host on the Triple M Sydney breakfast show called The Grill Team with Mark Geyer. Since 2012, Johns has been a part of the Fox Sports NRL coverage. He had his own show on Channel 7 for one season in 2010, The Matty Johns Show and since 2013 has hosted a rugby league analysis and light entertainment show on Foxtel airing two nights each week.