Matt Calland

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Matt Calland
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Hugh Calland[1]
Born (1971-08-20) 20 August 1971 (age 50)
Widnes, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
PositionWing, Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–93 Rochdale Hornets 60 30 0 0 120
1993–95 Featherstone Rovers 45 27 0 0 108
1995–98 Bradford Bulls 52 24 0 0 96
1999 Hull F.C. 1 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Rochdale Hornets 60 30 0 0 120
2003 Huddersfield Giants 3 0 0 0 0
Total 221 111 0 0 444
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996 England 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2008–11 Halifax
2019– Rochdale Hornets
Total 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4]

Matt Calland (born (1971-08-20)20 August 1971) is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for the Rochdale Hornets (two spells), Featherstone Rovers, the Bradford Bulls, Hull F.C. and the Huddersfield Giants, as a wing, centre or second-row,[2][3] and coached at club level for Halifax.[4]

Background[]

Matt Calland was born in Widnes, Lancashire, England.

Playing career[]

International honours[]

Matt Calland won a cap for England while at the Bradford Bulls in 1996 against France (sub).[3]

Challenge Cup Final appearances[]

Calland played right-centre, i.e. number 3, in the Bradford Bulls' 32-40 defeat by St. Helens in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final during Super League I at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 26 April 1996.[5] and was an interchange/substitute in the Bradford Bulls' 22-32 defeat by St. Helens in the 1997 Challenge Cup Final during Super League II at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 3 May 1997.[5]

County Cup Final appearances[]

Calland played in Rochdale Hornets 14-24 defeat by St. Helens in the 1991 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1991–92 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Sunday 20 October 1991.

Coaching career[]

Calland was named the assistant coach at Halifax in June 2006. Martin Hall moved upstairs in October to take up the post of director of football. He was then named the new head coach of Halifax. On 26 September 2010 against all odds he masterminded a 23 -22 comeback against red-hot favourites Featherstone Rovers. They came back from 22 – 4 to win in extra time thanks to a Ben Black drop goal. It was the first trophy Halifax had won in 23 years.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lifestyle With Matt Calland at thefreelibrary.com". thefreelibrary.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "steveprescottfoundation.co.uk". Steve Prescott Stats. Steve Prescott Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Calland happy with options". Halifax Evening Courier. 4 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
Sporting positions
Preceded by

2015–2019
 Coach
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Rochdale Hornets
2019-present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Martin Hall
2006–2007
 Coach
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Halifax RLFC
2008-2011 		Succeeded by
Karl Harrison
2012-2014

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