Matthew Ridge

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Matthew Ridge
Personal information
Full nameMatthew John Ridge
Born (1968-08-27) 27 August 1968 (age 56)
Rotorua, New Zealand[1]
Playing information
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Ponsonby
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–89 Auckland
1989–90 New Zealand Colts
Rugby league
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–96 Manly Sea Eagles 122 32 477 11 1093
1997–99 Auckland Warriors 37 8 103 0 238
Total 159 40 580 11 1331
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–98 New Zealand 25 6 71 2 168
Source: [2][3][4]

Matthew John Ridge (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand television presenter, and a former rugby union and rugby league footballer.

A fullback in both codes, Ridge played rugby union for Auckland and became an All Black, but never won an international cap. He turned professional in 1990 with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the New South Wales Rugby League, and won the 1996 ARL Premiership. He later captained the Auckland Warriors and New Zealand national team (the Kiwis).[2] An accurate goal-kicker, he set several scoring records in rugby league.

He is now best known for his work in television alongside his partner Marc Ellis in shows including Game of Two Halves and Marc & Matthew's Rocky Road to….

  1. ^ Stats | allblacks.com
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ yesterdayshero.com.au Archived 31 December 2012 at archive.today
  4. ^ nrlstats.com Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine