Matt Garside is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a forward and for

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional English rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire that compete in the Championship. They play their home games at the Tetley's Stadium, on Owl Lane. The Rams' main fanbase comes from their hometo ...

in the Betfred Championship. He previously played for the Gateshead Thunder in Championship 1, and the York City Knights,

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Championship (rugby league), Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their forme ...

and the

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

in the Championship. Garside also played for the Bradford Bulls in League 1.

Playing career

Gateshead Thunder

In 2010, Garside played for Gateshead Thunder making 12 appearances and scoring four tries.

York City Knights

During 2011 and 2012, Matt Garside played for York City making 46 appearances and scoring 16 tries.

Sheffield Eagles

on 6 September 2012, Sheffield announced the signing of Garside from the 2013 Championship season onwards. Garside played a large part of Sheffield's Grand Final winning season scoring 9 tries in 27 games with impressive performances.

London Broncos

On 2 September 2014 relegated

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

side,

, announced the signing of Garside on a two-year full-time contract. This is his first full-time contract. Commenting on it (extract from reference), "I'm really excited to be joining the club and starting the hard work to take us into a strong Championship season. It's a massive move for me and I am really happy that I have been given the opportunity to move down to London and become a full-time athlete."

Bradford Bulls

In September 2017 his contract ran out at London so he signed for

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

on a two-year deal.

Halifax

In 2020, Garside signed a contract to join Halifax.

References

External links

Bradford Bulls profileLondon Broncos profile
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