Matthew Moylan (born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He previously played for and captained the Penrith Panthers in the NRL, and has played at representative level for the Prime Minister's XIII, NSW City, NRL All Stars and New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Australia at international level, playing as a .
Background
Moylan was born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia.
He played his junior football for the St Clair Comets and St. Patricks before being signed by the Penrith Panthers.
Playing career
Early career
Moylan played for Penrith's NYC team from 2009 to 2011.
2012
Moylan played for the Windsor Wolves, the NSW Cup feeder team to the Panthers.
2013
In round 7, Moylan made his NRL debut for the Penrith club against the Parramatta Eels in a 44–12 victory at Penrith Stadium. He became Penrith's first-choice fullback. Moylan scored his first try in round 8 against the Sydney Roosters, losing 30–6 at the SFS. He was ruled out of a match in round 13, due to second-tier salary cap issues, but was available for selection the next week due to the injury of fullback Wes Naiqama. Moylan finished his debut year in the NRL with 13 matches, 3 tries and 2 goals. He was named Penrith's Rookie of the Year.
2014
In February 2014, Moylan was selected in Penrith's inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad. In round 3, against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Moylan kicked a sideline goal to win the game for Penrith 18–16 at the death when winger Kevin Naiqama scored in the 79th minute to tie the match up at match at 16-all at Penrith Stadium. Moylan was selected to play for the NSW City side in the City vs Country Origin match at Dubbo's Apex Oval. Moylan played at fullback in the 26-all draw. In round 18, against the Brisbane Broncos at Penrith Stadium, he kicked a field goal in the last minute to win the match for the Penrith side, 35–34. In round 23, he repeated the feat by kicking the winning field goal in the 79th minute at Penrith Stadium to beat the North Queensland Cowboys, 23–22. On 9 September 2014, Moylan extended his contract with the Penrith outfit from the end of 2015 until the end of 2017. On 29 September 2014, Moylan was selected in the Australian train on squad. On the same day, he was named as fullback for the Prime Minister's XIII side to play against Papua New Guinea. On 15 October, Moylan was called into the Kangaroo's 2014 Four Nations squad to replace Jarryd Hayne, who had announced that he was leaving rugby league to play American football in the National Football League. Moylan didn't play a match in the series.
2015
On 13 February, Moylan played at fullback for the NRL All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match at Cbus Super Stadium, the NRL All Stars losing 6-20.
On 3 May, he played for New South Wales City against New South Wales Country, playing at fullback in the 2015 City vs Country Origin match and kicking 3 goals in City's 22–34 loss at Wagga Wagga. In round 12, against the Parramatta Eels, he suffered a season ending foot injury in Penrith's 20–26 loss at Penrith Stadium. He finished the 2015 season having played in 11 matches, scoring 2 tries, kicking 20 goals and kicking 2 field goals for the Penrith side.