21 Facts About Matt Minto

Matt Minto played for the Central Queensland Capras and Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup.

Matt Minto was a part of the Panthers' inaugural NYC squad in 2008, but returned to Queensland due to homesickness before he could play a game.

In 2010, Matt Minto returned to the Central Queensland Comets, after finding out his partner was pregnant, while still contracted to the Canterbury side.

In round 2 of the 2014 NRL season, Matt Minto made his NRL debut for Newcastle against the Canberra Raiders.

Matt Minto continued to play for the Capras for the remainder of the 2016 season before he was released at the end of the season after he was charged with trespassing in what the Capras board described as his second off-field incident that year.

Matt Minto attracted offers from several NRL clubs but turned them down to stay in Queensland.

Matt Minto is the nephew of former Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys player Scott Matt Minto.

In March 2010, Matt Minto pleaded guilty in Yeppoon Magistrates Court to drink driving after recording a blood alcohol reading of 0.04 on the morning of 7 February 2010.

Matt Minto was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for five months.

Matt Minto's offending constituted a grade-two breach and a disciplinary committee at the Central Comets imposed a one-match suspension meaning Matt Minto missed a trial game against the Gold Coast Titans.

Matt Minto lost his match payment for the first round of the season and was ordered by the club to perform community service.

The Capras board met after learning about the incident and decided to let Matt Minto go due to it being the second off-field incident he had been involved in that year.

Matt Minto was fined $400 in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on 20 September 2016, but with no conviction recorded.

Matt Minto entered a guilty plea to the charge which related to him and another person trespassing on a residential property during "Silly Sunday" and attempting to enter a woman's bedroom after earlier being told to leave the property.

However, the warrant was later revoked when it was learnt Matt Minto had attended the Yeppoon Magistrates Court to enter a written guilty plea because he was unable to travel to Rockhampton due to a family member being unwell.

Matt Minto appeared in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court the following day.

In September 2020, Matt Minto again pleaded guilty in the Yeppoon Magistrates Court to drink driving after recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.108 when he was intercepted by police on 17 July 2020.

In June 2024, Matt Minto was fined for a public nuisance offence.

In late October 2024, Matt Minto assaulted two men occasioning bodily harm in two unprovoked attacks while intoxicated in Yeppoon for which he pleaded guilty to in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on 24 January 2025.

Matt Minto was sentenced to a two-year probation order, ordered to complete 80 hours of community service and pay compensation and restitution to the victims.

Matt Minto was banned from licensed venues in Yeppoon for 12 months.