Matty Wildie (born 25 October 1990) is a professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a and for

Oldham RLFC Oldham R.L.F.C., also known as the Roughyeds, is a professional rugby league football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The club currently competes in the RFL League 1, the third tier of British Rugby League. Formed in 1876 as Oldh ...

in the

RFL League 1 RFL League One (for sponsorship reasons currently known as the Betfred League One) is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. Part of the British rugby league pyramid, the competition features clubs from England an ...

. He previously played for the

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

in the

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 ...

, and on loan from the

Wildcats The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while the ...

at the Batley Bulldogs and

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

in the Championship. Wildie has also played for the

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 ...

, Featherstone Rovers and the Bradford Bulls in the Championship.

Background

Wildie was born in

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

West Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exist ...

. He was Educated at

Outwood Grange Academy Outwood Grange Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Outwood, near Wakefield, England. It has a mixed intake of both boys and girls ages 11–18, and has over 2,100 pupils on roll with a comprehensive admission ...

Career

He previously played for the

and the Batley Bulldogs (on loan). He signed a two-year contract extension with Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on 26 May 2011. Wildie began a loan spell at the Batley club for an initial one month, to June 2012.

Dewsbury Rams

In August 2014, he signed with the

for the 2015 season.

Featherstone Rovers (re-join)

On 29 October 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Featherstone in the

RFL Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football Lea ...

Oldham RLFC

On 1 Nov 2023 it was reported that he will join

for 2024

References

External links

Featherstone Rovers profileSearch for "Matthew Wildie" AND "Rugby League" at BBC → Sport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wildie, Matty 1990 births Living people Batley Bulldogs players Bradford Bulls players Dewsbury Rams players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players Featherstone Rovers players Leigh Leopards players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Wakefield Wakefield Trinity players