{"id":19694,"date":"2024-02-12T07:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-2024-golf-fan-matt-moylan-aims-to-tee-off-in-style-with-leigh-leopards-rugby-league-news\/12\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T07:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T12:18:23","slug":"super-league-2024-golf-fan-matt-moylan-aims-to-tee-off-in-style-with-leigh-leopards-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/super-league-2024-golf-fan-matt-moylan-aims-to-tee-off-in-style-with-leigh-leopards-rugby-league-news\/12\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Super League 2024: Golf fan Matt Moylan aims to tee off in style with Leigh Leopards | Rugby League News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matt Moylan has had to make a few lifestyle adjustments since swapping Sydney for North West England. For starters, there is no beach in Leigh as there was in his former home of Cronulla.<\/p>\n

The new Leigh Leopards recruit has, however, settled quickly into life with the Betfred Super League club and is excited to show just why head coach Adrian Lam and owner Derek Beaumont saw him as a vital piece of the jigsaw to build on the historic success of 2023.<\/p>\n

There is one thing Moylan is missing, however: Getting out on the golf course, having left his clubs back in Australia. Fortunately, though, he has persuaded his father to bring them over with him when he visits ahead of the new Super League season.<\/p>\n

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“I wouldn’t say I am a good golfer, but I do like getting out there and having a hack,” Moylan told Sky Sport<\/em>s.<\/p>\n

“I actually didn’t bring my golf clubs over, but my old man is coming over next week so I have actually managed to get him to bring them over for me.<\/p>\n

“It will be good to get them over here and when the weather gets good, get out there and get a few games in.”<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old full-back or stand-off arrives in Super League on the back of an impressive NRL career with Penrith Panthers and Cronulla Sharks, racking up 191 appearances in total, and playing all three games in the No 1 shirt for New South Wales in the 2016 State of Origin series.<\/p>\n

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This is not his first time in the UK either, having toured with Australia during the 2016 Four Nations, earning his sole Test cap in the 54-12 win over Scotland, and he is keen to explore more of the country he will be calling home for at least the next two years when he has an opportunity.<\/p>\n

As far as rugby league goes, though, Moylan is excited to be joining a club which attracted as much attention for its Leopards rebrand last year as it did for claiming a first Betfred Challenge Cup triumph for over a half a century and defying the expectations of many pundits to reach the Super League play-offs.<\/p>\n

Moylan, clad in his black with leopard-print sleeves Leigh hoodie while talking at the Super League season launch, was aware of the bold new makeover Beaumont had given the club in Australia and is embracing building on the success of last year now he is on board.<\/p>\n

“I knew it was Leigh Centurions and they changed to Leigh Leopards, I didn’t know the background behind it,” Moylan said.<\/p>\n

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