Matthew Elliott (rugby league)

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Matthew Elliott

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Elliott
Date of birth	8 December 1964 (1964-12-08) (age 43)
Place of birth	Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1989–1992	St. George Dragons	63 (32)
Professional clubs coached
1996–2000 2002–2006 2007–	Bradford Bulls Canberra Raiders Penrith Panthers
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Matthew Elliott (born 8 December 1964) is an Australian former rugby league player and is the coach of the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League since 2007.

Elliott played for the St. George Dragons in the 1992 Grand Final against the Brisbane Broncos and was appointed coach of the Bradford Bulls in the English Super League, winning the Super League title in his first season.

After serving as assistant to Canberra Raiders coach Mal Meninga during the 2001 season, Elliott was made coach for the 2002 premiership. During his tenure at the Raiders, Canberra won 59 and drew 1 of their 125 games, including four finals appearances in five seasons.

Elliott's most successful coaching season was 2003 when the Raiders won 16 of 24 games but were eliminated from the finals without winning a game.

On February 19, 2006, it was announced that Elliott would coach the Penrith Panthers from 2007 onwards, having signed a three-year deal. Elliott succeeded John Lang in this position.

Preceded by John Lang 2002-2006	Coach Penrith Panthers 2007-	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mal Meninga 1997-2001	Coach Canberra Raiders 2002-2006	Succeeded by Neil Henry 2007-
Preceded by Brian Smith	Coach Bradford Bulls 1996-2000	Succeeded by Brian Noble

v • d • e Penrith Panthers – current squad  Civoniceva (c) •  Aiton •  Bateman •  Bell •  Blair •  Caldwell •  Daniela •  Georgiou •  Gordon •  Grant •  Jennings •  Lewis •  McCrone •  Moke •  Moors •  O'Halloran •  Paulo •  Peters •  Priddis •  Pritchard •  F. Puletua •  T. Puletua •  Rodney •  Rooney •  Sammut •  Smith •  Tighe •  Waterhouse •  Wesser •  J. Williams •  R. Williams •  Woolnough •  Worth • Coach: Elliott

v • d • e 1999 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Finalists - Super League (Europe) 1 Stuart Spruce • Tevita Vaikona • Scott Naylor  • Michael Withers •  Leon Pryce •  Henry Paul • Robbie Paul •  Paul Anderson •  James Lowes •  Stuart Fielden •  David Boyle •  Bernard Dwyer •  Steve McNamara •  Paul Deacon •  Nathan McAvoy •  Mike Forshaw •  Brian McDermott •Coach: Matthew Elliott

v • d • e 2000 Challenge Cup Winners - Challenge Cup 1 Stuart Spruce • Nathan McAvoy • Scot Naylor • Michael Withers  •  Tevita Vaikona •  Henry Paul • Robbie Paul •  Brian McDermott •  James Lowes •  Paul Anderson •  Jamie Peacock •  Mike Forshaw •  Brad Mackay  •  Leon Pryce •  David Boyle •  Bernard Dwyer •  Stuart Fielden  • Coach: Matthew Elliott

v • d • e Bradford Bulls – Managers Dai Rees (1936–60) • Trevor Foster (1960–61) • Doug Greenall (11961) • Jimmy Ledgard (1961–62) • Harry Beverley (1962–63) • Jack Wilkinson (1963) • Gus Risman (1964–71) • Harry Street (1971–72) • Ian Brooke (1973–75) • Roy Francis (1975–77) • Peter Fox (1977–85) • Barry Seaborne (1985–89) • David Hobbs (1989–89) • Ron Willey (1989–90) • David Hobbs (1990–93) • Peter Fox (1993–95) • Brian Smith (1995–96) • Matthew Elliott (1996–2000) • Brian Noble (2001–06) • Steve McNamara (2006–)