Matt Moylan

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.

Matthew Moylan (born 16 June 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a, or , for the Leigh Leopards in the Betfred Super League.

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.

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.

Moylan played for Penrith's NYC team from 2009 to 2011.

Moylan played for the Windsor Wolves, the NSW Cup feeder team to the Panthers.

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.

In February 2014, Moylan was selected in Penrith's inaugural 2014 Auckland Nines squad.

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 Kangaroos' 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.

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.

On 13 January, Moylan was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad.

On 27 January, he was named by incoming coach Anthony Griffin as the new captain of the Penrith club for the 2016 NRL season.

In round 5, against the Parramatta Eels, he made his return from injury for the Panthers, making his debut as club captain in the Panthers' last minute 20–18 win at Parramatta Stadium.

After showing good form in the early rounds, Moylan was leading the race for the fullback spot for New South Wales facing competition from Wests Tigers superstar James Tedesco and Lachlan Coote from the North Queensland Cowboys but eventually beating them to the starting number 1 jersey.

On 1 June 2016, Moylan made his debut for New South Wales against Queensland, playing at fullback in the 4–6 loss at ANZ Stadium.

After regaining the fullback spot for game 2, where the Blues lost 16-26 including the 2016 State of Origin series at Suncorp Stadium, Moylan was dropped from the team for James Tedesco.

However, halfback Adam Reynolds was ruled out due to a shoulder injury, so Moylan, who performed solidly in the first two matches, was called back into the squad where he started game 3 at five-eighth even though he hadn't played a NRL match in the position.

Moylan featured in all 3 matches for Blues in their 2–1 series loss.

On 22 September 2016, Moylan extended his contract with the Penrith side until the end of the 2021 season.

Moylan finished off the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 21 matches and scoring 4 tries for Penrith.

At the end of the year, Moylan was named in the Australia 2016 Four Nations 24-man squad.

Moylan played in one match in the tournament, in the first round against Scotland where he played at fullback in the 54–12 win at Craven Park, Hull.

After Penrith's Round 5 clash against the Melbourne Storm, where they lost 28–6 at AAMI Park, Moylan alongside Waqa Blake and Peta Hiku were dropped to the Panthers NSW Cup team for 1 match after they breached the booze curfew by being out in the Melbourne nightlife into the early hours of the next morning.

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.