Matt Bowen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Bowen
Occupation	Rugby Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1982(1982-03-09)
Age	42
Birthplace	Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Pisces

Matt Bowen Biography

Matt Bowen is one of the most popular and richest Rugby Player who was born on March 9, 1982 in Australia, Australia. Rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys from 2001 to 2013. He led the National Rugby League in tries twice during that span.

He and Brett Morris have both led the NRL in tries.

Born in Cairns, Queensland, Bowen grew up in the Cape York Aboriginal community of Hopevale. He attended St. Teresa’s College, Abergowrie near Ingham where he started playing rugby league at the age of 12. His school team won the Queensland schoolboys’ competition in 1999 and he was named player of the tournament. His schoolboy exploits attracted the attention of a number of NRL clubs in Sydney and Brisbane (including the Broncos, Dragons and Sharks); however, he chose to pursue his professional career with his local team, the North Queensland Cowboys. In 2000, he was part of the Cowboys’ reserve grade team that made the grand final of the reserve grade competition and was selected for the Queensland under-19 team.

Despite finishing 2001 as the club’s starting fullback, Bowen vacated the role at the start of the 2002 NRL season for the returning Tim Brasher, who was the Cowboys’ captain at the time. Bowen played on the wing in Round 1, in a game where Brasher would once again succumb to injury, vacating the fullback spot. In Round 2, Bowen played five-eighth in the Cowboys’ loss to the Broncos before taking over the fullback position permanently a week later. Bowen enjoyed a breakout season in 2002, scoring 12 tries in 24 games, including a run of five games in which he scored a try.

He married Rudi Doyle.

Matt Bowen Net Worth

Matt Bowen is one of the richest Rugby Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Bowen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Abergowrie College, where he won the 1999 Queensland schoolboys’ competition.

In 2011, he set a Cowboys career record for most matches played with 204.

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 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. 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.”

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The Cowboys made the finals series for the first time in 2004, with Bowen playing a key role in the side which finished one match short of their first Grand Final. In 23 games, he scored 11 tries, including one in the Cowboys first ever finals game, a 30-22 victory over the Canterbury Bulldogs. Bowen once again represented Queensland in 2004, playing in all three games and scoring his first Origin try in the Maroons’ Game III loss.

Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Matt Bowen celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

Bowen was again selected for Queensland in the 2005 State of Origin series. In Game I of the series, he proved to be the game-breaker. After coming off the bench in the second half, he intercepted a pass from New South Wales half-back Brett Kimmorley and ran 40m to score in golden point extra time, thus winning the game for Queensland. Bowen would also score tries in the second and third games of the series, although Queensland lost both matches to lose the series. He was selected in Queensland’s starting line-up in the third match for the first time in his career, displacing Billy Slater.

Where is Matt Bowen now?

Following his retirement, Bowen returned to Australia to take up a role as a Community Engagement Officer for his former club, the North Queensland Cowboys.

How old is Matt Bowen?

40 years (March 9, 1982)

Why did Matt Bowen retire?

‘It was hard getting told I was not going to be here next year. I was lucky enough to play here 13 years with the club that I love. I have always loved putting on the Cowboys jersey and it is going to be hard not coming back to training and not doing the pre-season with the boys.

Is Javid Bowen related to Matt Bowen?

Background. Born in Cairns, Queensland, Bowen is of Indigenous Australian and Māori descent. He is the nephew of professional rugby league footballers, Matt and Brenton Bowen.

How tall is Matty Bowen?

5′ 8″