Matthew Ryan

Who is Matthew Ryan?

Matthew Ryan is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played most of his career with the Canterbury Bulldogs. Usually playing at centre, Fullback or on the wing, Ryan was a member of Canterbury's 1994 Grand Final-losing side as a reserve. The following season however, he and the Bulldogs won the 1995 ARL premiership grand final.

His brother, Mark Ryan, also played for the Bulldogs club.

In the 1997 Super League season Ryan was selected to represented New South Wales on three occasions in the Super League Tri-series, scoring a try. That year he was also the Telstra premiership's leading try-scorer. Ryan later left the Bulldogs to play in the 1999 NRL season for the North Queensland Cowboys.