Matt Geyer

Matt Geyer
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Geyer
Nickname	Boofa
Born	5 September 1975 (1975-09-05) (age 33)
	Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Position	Utility
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997	Perth Reds	6	0	0	0	0
1998–2008	Melbourne Storm	261	113	105	0	662
	Total	267	113	105	0	662
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2002–2006	City Origin	2	0	1	0	2
1999	New South Wales	3	2	0	0	8
Source: NRL Stats

Matt Geyer (born 5 September 1975 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League competition. Geyer has represented for New South Wales and City Origin. Most of his career has been played at wing, but he has also played a large utility role at the club, including fullback, centre, five-eighth and hooker. Geyer is the younger brother of former Penrith Panthers player Mark Geyer.

Matt Geyer with his daughter celebrating the 2007 Premiership victory over the Manly Sea Eagles

Geyer started his career in 1997 for the Western Reds in the Super League competition, but then became one of the foundation members of the Melbourne Storm when he signed for the club in 1998. Since then, Geyer has become the most capped Melbourne Storm player, also holding the record for most tries for the club.

Geyer kicked the winning conversion in the 1999 Grand Final to earn the Storm a premiership in only their second year in the NRL competition (in which he was the leading pointscorer for the season). He replaced Craig Smith, who had been knocked out (resulting in the Storm being awarded a penalty try). The only current player remaining from the 1999 grand final squad, he has also been part of the Storm's 2006 and 2007 grand final campaigns. Geyer became the Storm's first player to make 200 appearances, against the Cronulla Sharks at Melbourne's Olympic Park in 2006.

He played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final defeat to Manly^[1] and retired at conclusion of the 2008 season.^[2]. Earlier in the season, Geyer had been playing off the interchange bench as he had for the 2007 finals series. After Will Chambers' season-ending injury, Geyer took up his centre position for the remainder of the season.

He has the unusual record of playing the most games without ever playing for a NSW, QLD or NZ first grade club, having only ever played for Western Reds and Storm.

He is the first and so far only Storm player to lead the NRL's point-scoring for the season (1999).^[3]

• Storm Profile
• Matt Geyer at the State of Origin official website.

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