Matt Diskin
English rugby league coach and former Great Britain and England international / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Matt Diskin (born 27 January 1982) an English professional rugby league coach was the head coach of Oldham in the Betfred Championship, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2000s and 2010s.
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Full name | Matthew Diskin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-01-27) 27 January 1982 (age 42) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 4 lb (97 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds and Bradford[3][4][5] and coached at club level for the Bradford and Batley.[6] Diskin played for the Leeds Rhinos for 10-years, and won four Super League championships with the club in 2004 (Super League IX), 2007 (Super League XII), 2008 (Super League XIII), and 2009 (Super League XIV), before moving to Bradford for the 2011 season, he remained with the Bradford club until the end of his playing career in 2014. He then became head coach of the Batley in the Betfred Championship.