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CONGRATULATIONS MATT GITEAU,
50 TESTS FOR AUSTRALIA!!!
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Matt Giteau has missed a world record by a fair margin but is on target to claim another down the track.
The 24-year-old centre will register his 50th Test cap against Fiji, an achievement four years, 11 months and 23 days in the making, somewhat short of All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina's four years and 15 days record for the fastest half-century.
But with the Wallabies set to play 15 Tests next season, Giteau might yet come in under France legend Fabien Pelous's record of nine years, four months and 23 days for the fastest hundred.
Tests
2002 - E (rep), It (rep).
2003 - SA2 (rep), NZ2 (rep), Arg* (rep), R* (rep) (1t), N* (3t), Ire* (rep), S* (rep), E* (rep).
2004 - S1 (1t), E, PI (2t), NZ1 (1c), SA1 (1c,2p), NZ2 (4p), SA2 (2c), S3 (4c,1p), Fr (2p), S4 (1t,3c,1p), E2 (3p).
2005 - Sam (5c), It (1t,6c), F (1c,1p), SA1 (2t,1c,1p), SA2 (1p), SA3 (1c,3p), NZ1 (1c,2p), SA4 (1p), F2, E (rep).
2006 - NZ1 (rep), SA1 (2t), NZ2, SA2, NZ3, SA3, W (1t, 3c, 1p), It, Ire2, S
2007 - W1 (1t), W2, SA1 (1t), Jap (WC -3c), Wal (WC -1t,1c)
Test Points
232 (18t,35c,23p)
Test Caps
49
Test Debut
2002 v England, London
Honours
Australian Under 21s 2002, Australian Sevens 2001-2002, 2006 Australian Wallabies 2002-
Senior Tours
2002 Argentina, UK & Europe, 2003 RWC (Aus), 2004 UK & France, 2005 UK & France, 2006 UK, Ireland & Italy
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Onya Gits![]()
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
Yay for Giteau and hopefully at least another 50 to come![]()
Go Gits, heres to another 70.
the punters friend..... stick with me and you will be wearing
Wow time flies... hopefully there are many more years of Gits playing to go!
Seems like the perfect moment to post these photos...
Flats, Gits and Rogers with the 2002 Wally and the Queens corgie.
Young Matt just after getting back from that first Euro Tour in 2002
Aww!
Adore this life
There is no guarantee
Could end by tomorrow
aaww... so cute! He looks like, 8?
Crikey, he looks so young!
... so that's what his hair's really like ...
Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill
Go Giteau, i love you boy
Giteau great game today
I could have just about taken the four photo's from footage of last nights match!
Welcome aboard Kirsti, good to see some Force/Wallaby/Giteau (and probably not in that order) support from the Republic
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"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.
Damn straight....i'd be looking more towards Gits, Gits, Gits, Wallaby, Force..Originally Posted by Burgs
Actually, i may swap the Force and the Wallabies around...
Speaking of which I'm just watching the reply - damn he was on fire. He should be pretty stoked with that performance, but he's not particularly. According to him it doesn't mean much if the team doesn't peform but its a reversal from Week 1 when the team peformed well but he performed like shit hehe
"Remember lads, rugby is a team game; all 14 of you make sure you pass the ball to Giteau."