1. Michael Witt was born on 1 January 1984 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in Australasia's National Rugby League competition for the Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the New Zealand Warriors, before a season playing rugby union in the Air New Zealand Cup.
Michael Witt then returned to rugby league, playing in the Super League for Crusaders RL and the London Broncos.
When Parramatta's regular halfback Paul Green was injured, Michael Witt was promoted to the team as Green's replacement to make his National Rugby League debut on 2 May 2003.
Michael Witt scored a haul of 18 points in that match, and was Parramatta's leading pointscorer in 2003 with 104 points from three tries, 45 goals and two field goals.
Michael Witt was among the main contenders for the Dally M Rookie of the Year award, which was won by the Melbourne Storm's Billy Slater.
Michael Witt was rewarded for his great form with a new, lucrative four-year contract to stay with Parramatta.
Also during this period, Michael Witt kicked 20 successive goals without a miss.
However, Manly found wins hard to come by in the second half of the season, and Michael Witt experienced the same frustrations that plagued his 2004.
Manly coach Des Hasler used a number of forwards at five-eighth in subsequent games, but with very little success, and Michael Witt was drafted back into the side for the semi-final against Parramatta.
Michael Witt was among the leading pointscorers in the NRL for 2005, scoring 140 points from five tries and 60 goals from 19 appearances.
Michael Witt settled in well within the team and his good early season form impressed club officials enough to quickly extend his contract from the original one-year deal to the end of 2009.
Also during this losing streak Michael Witt received a one-week suspension for a dangerous throw on Misi Taulapapa in the Warriors' narrow loss to Cronulla at Mount Smart Stadium.
However Michael Witt's run ended a week later against the Wests Tigers at 28, after missing a conversion from out wide.
In 2009 Michael Witt was expected to face competition for the Five-eighth spot from new signing Joel Moon.
In March 2009 Michael Witt switched to rugby union, signing with the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Otago Rugby Union.
Michael Witt played in the Air New Zealand Cup in 2009.
Michael Witt has said he aims to playing international rugby for the All Blacks.
Michael Witt played for the Taieri Eels in Dunedin Club Competition before making the Otago squad.
Michael Witt went on to play seven games in the Air New Zealand Cup, six of them from the bench, and kicked one penalty goal.
In December 2009 it was announced that Michael Witt had decided to return to rugby league, signing with Wales-based Super League club Crusaders.
Midway through the Super League season, Michael Witt was considered a top contender for player of the year.
On 30 June 2011, Michael Witt signed a new 3-year deal keeping him at Crusaders until the end of the 2014 season.
However, following the demise of the Crusaders, Michael Witt joined the London Broncos, starting in 2012.
Michael Witt signed with the St George Illawarra Dragons for 2014.
Michael Witt played the first 4 games before being injured.
In late 2008 Michael Witt was photographed at the home of celebrity agent Max Markson in Dover Heights for inclusion in both the Rugby League and International editions of the Gods of Football calendars, a charity initiative to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation.
Michael Witt appeared in the behind-the-scenes production DVD of the Gods of Football calendars which was released in February 2009.
Michael Witt appeared on the cover and for a five-page story in the August 2011 issue of Attitude Active magazine.