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| Full name | Matthew Jeremy Bowen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1982[1] Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Jeremy Bowen (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for Australian club, the North Queensland Cowboys, with whom he set the club's record for most matches, and in the Super League for English club, the Wigan Warriors. Bowen was the NRL's top try-scorer in the 2005 and 2007 seasons. Former Queensland and Australian captain Darren Lockyer has called Bowen a "little freak", citing his skills and dynamism.[6] Two-time premiership winning coach Phil Gould remarked in 2005 that he was a "modern-day icon of the game", saying that "Bowen has unique football instincts. He performs the difficult with ease and some of his feats have redefined what we once believed to be impossible."[7]
- ^ a b c "Matthew Bowen Wigan Warriors". www.superleague.co.uk. Rugby Football League. 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Herald Sun". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Matthew Bowen - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Nth Qld Cowboys". Cowboys.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Player Summary: Matt Bowen". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Lockyer, Darren (3 July 2010). "The players that helped Queensland win five State of Origin series in a row". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Gould, Phil (2 October 2005). "Talking about Y generation: the two kids are all right". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2011.