Matt Cockbain is an Australian rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer. He played over 60 times for the national team, the Wallabies

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

. He made his debut for Australia in 1997 in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, in a Test match against France

France national rugby union team

The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...

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His brother, Brent Cockbain

Brent Cockbain

Brent John Cockbain is a rugby union player who played lock for Sale Sharks in the English Guinness Premiership, and has won 20 caps for Wales.-Club career:...

 also plays rugby union and plays for Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

. Matt played with the Melbourne Rebels

Melbourne Rebels (ARC)

The Melbourne Rebels were an Australian rugby union football club that competed in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship in 2007. The team colors were white and blue....

 franchise in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship

Australian Rugby Championship

The Australian Rugby Championship, often abbreviated to the ARC , was a domestic Rugby union football club competition in Australia which ran for only one season in August–October 2007...

provincial competition in 2007. He was called up as an injury standby for the 2007 Wallaby World Cup squad.

Cockbain currently has a coaching and mentoring role at the Melbourne University Rugby Football Club.

External links

• Matt Cockbain on rwc2003.irb.com
• Matt Cockbain on sporting-heroes.net