1. Matthew Ballin was born on 5 January 1984 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
15 Facts About Matt Ballin
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Matt Ballin is the assistant coach for the Queensland Maroons He has played one game for Queensland in State of Origin.
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Matt Ballin played at hooker and previously played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 and 2011 Premierships.
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Matt Ballin played his junior football with the Kingaroy Red Ants, and although he played in the lower grades with the Brisbane Broncos, he did not play first grade for the club.
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Matt Ballin played in the 2011 NRL Grand Final giving Matt Ballin his second NRL premiership as a player.
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Matt Ballin played every game for Manly in 2012 and finished the season as the league's leading tackler.
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In mid-2015, Matt Ballin signed a two-year extension of his contract that would see him remain at Manly until the end of 2017.
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Matt Ballin vowed to stay where he was and fight for his spot, even going so far as to say that he was prepared to play in Manly's New South Wales Cup team if it meant staying with the club.
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On 3 November, despite earlier stating he would fight for his spot at the Sea Eagles, Matt Ballin signed a 2-year contract with the Wests Tigers starting in 2016.
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Matt Ballin made only one appearance for the Wests Tigers during the 2017 season.
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On 26 June 2017, Matt Ballin announced his immediate retirement from the NRL due to chronic injuries.
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In 2019 Matt Ballin returned to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles as part of the NRL team's education and wellbeing department, he served as the U20s coach and coach of the NSW Cup Blacktown Workers.
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In 2021, Matt Ballin joined the Brisbane Broncos as part of the development squad.
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In 2024, Matt Ballin joined the coaching staff of the Queensland Maroons after Cameron Smith stepped down as assistant coach.
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Matt Ballin is an Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador for the Australian Government.