Matt Cockbain (born 19 September 1972) is an Australian rugby union football coach and a former international player. He played over 60 tests for the national team, the

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including winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup. Cockbain was an assistant coach to the Fijian national team on their 2014 end-of-year tour, and the forwards coach at the

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from 2012 to 2014. Cockbain began his professional career with the

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in 1995. He made his debut for Australia in 1997 at

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in a Test match against

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. After a short stint with the Cardiff Blues in 2004, he played with World Corporation in Japan from 2004 to 2006 before returning to Australia to play for the

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team in the

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in 2007. He was called up as an injury standby for the 2007 Wallaby World Cup squad. His brother, Brent Cockbain played rugby union for

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