13 Facts About Matt Geyer

Matt Geyer was born on 5 September 1975 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer.

Matt Geyer represented City Origin and played for the Western Reds.

Matt Geyer is uncle to Penrith Panthers second rower Mav Geyer.

Matt Geyer started his career in 1997 for the Western Reds in the Super League competition where his older brother Mark was captain.

Since then, Matt Geyer has become the most capped Melbourne Storm player, holding the record for most tries for the club.

Matt Geyer became the first Storm player to lead the NRL's point-scoring for the season, scoring 242 points in the season, this is a record that is yet to be broken.

Matt Geyer played at five-eighth in the 1999 NRL Grand Final and kicked the winning conversion to earn the Storm a premiership in only their second year in the NRL competition.

Matt Geyer replaced Craig Smith, who had been knocked out.

Matt Geyer became the Storm's first player to make 200 appearances, against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Melbourne's Olympic Park in 2006.

Matt Geyer played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final defeat by Manly and retired at conclusion of the 2008 season.

Matt Geyer left Melbourne as the club's all-time top try scorer.

In July 2009, Matt Geyer revealed that he had made himself available for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.

Matt Geyer was involved in coaching junior rugby league at the Currumbin Eagles JRL club where he had success in getting his teams to the Grand finals and ultimately winning his first premiership as a coach in the 2013 season, backing up again as premiership coach in 2014 and 2017 where his U16's team were crowned undefeated premiers for the 2017 season.