Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Matthew Bowen
- Nickname(s)
- Mango
- Born
- Tuesday, 9th March, 1982
- Current Age
- 44 years and 24 days
- Place Of Birth
- Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- State of Origin
- 2006, 2007
Known Family Links
- Cousin
- Brenton Bowen
- Nephew
- Javid Bowen
Biography
North Queensland fullback, originally from Cairns, emerged as one of the most exciting broken play runners in the game. Wayne Bennett was amongst the first to appreciate Bowen’s ‘will of the wisp’ style of play when he chose him as an interchange player in the Queensland State of Origin team in 2002. Continued good form for the Maroons in 2003-04 (all as an interchange player) – and his scintillating play as the North Queensland qualified for the 2004 finals series – saw him become the club’s first ‘home-grown’ Australian representative player. Although he did not appear in a Test match in the 2004 Tri Nations competition Bowen did play for the combined ANZacs team against Cumbria and scored three tries in the international match against the USA Tomahawks in Philadelphia. A try-scorer in the North Queensland’ grand final loss to the W’Tigers in 2005 Bowen was out of favour with Maroons’ selectors following Queensland’s 17-16 loss in the opening match of the 2006 series and did not appear in another rep match during the disappointing season.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other International Matches | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Australia PM XIII Annual | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| State of Origin | 2 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NRL Premiership | - | 270 | 130 | 36 | 5 | 597 | 129 | 139 | 2 | 47.78% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | - | 14 | 6 | - | 2 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Super League | - | 43 | 21 | 31 | - | 146 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 60.47% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Super League Finals | - | 5 | 2 | 10 | - | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 43 | 21 | 31 | - | 146 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 60.47% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| World Club Challenge | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| All Stars | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| QRL | - | 9 | 2 | 18 | - | 44 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 329 | 159 | 67 | 5 | 775 | 166 | 173 | 4 | 50.46% | List | |||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 2004 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QLD | 2003-07 | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.00% | List | ||||
| ANZACs | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Indigenous | 2011-12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 2003-2012 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2001 | 15 | 6 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | - | 26 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 20.00% | List | |
| North Qld | NRL 2002 | 24 | 12 | 5 | / | 9 | 55.56% | - | 58 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |
| North Qld | NRL 2003 | 20 | 9 | 5 | / | 8 | 62.50% | - | 46 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | |
| North Qld | NRL 2004 | 23 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 56.52% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2005 | 25 | 21 | - | - | 84 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2006 | 24 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 45.83% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2007 | 27 | 22 | - | 3 | 91 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 62.96% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2008 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2009 | 20 | 12 | - | - | 48 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 45.00% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2010 | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 18.75% | List | ||||
| North Qld | NRL 2011 | 25 | 8 | 12 | / | 19 | 63.16% | - | 56 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 56.00% | List | |
| North Qld | NRL 2012 | 26 | 13 | 12 | / | 14 | 85.71% | 2 | 78 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 61.54% | List | |
| North Qld | NRL 2013 | 19 | 6 | 1 | / | 2 | 50.00% | - | 26 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | |
NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| North Qld | 2001-13 | 270 | 130 | 36 | / | 54 | 66.67% | 5 | 597 | 129 | 139 | 2 | 47.78% | List | |
NSW/QLD Cup - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Townsville | QLD Cup 2016 | 9 | 2 | 18 | - | 44 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
NSW/QLD Cup - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Townsville | 2016 | 9 | 2 | 18 | - | 44 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wigan | 2014 | 25 | 15 | - | - | 60 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 72.00% | List | ||||
| Wigan | 2015 | 22 | 9 | 31 | - | 98 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 59.09% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wigan | 2014-15 | 47 | 24 | 31 | - | 158 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 57.45% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
23 Mar 2024 9:54pm
Mango... what a career. 270 NRL games for the champion fullback. Who could forget that golden point intercept try from Kimmorley... the bloke should be immortalised!!
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