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Matt Dunning (born December 19, 1978 in Calgary, Canada) is an Australian rugby player. He was educated at Northholm Grammar School and represented New South Wales and Australian Schools, U19s and U21s. He has so far won 25 caps playing at loose-head prop for the Australian rugby union side. He plays club rugby for Eastwood and represents the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 12 since 2001. He made his international test debut at the age of 24 on 25 October 2003 during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The match, against Namibia was won 142-0 and is the largest winning margin for an Australian side. The only other match he played in during the tournament was the 17-20 loss against England in the final. Matt Dunning is perhaps most famous for his drop goal in the 2002 Super 12 season. His team, the NSW Waratahs, needed a bonus point to make the finals. Since the Waratahs were playing with advantage, Dunning decided to kick a drop goal, which he assumed would miss. This would result in a penalty being awarded, which would allow the ball to be kicked into touch and possibly a line-out drive that could lead to a try. Unfortunately, the kick hit its mark and sailed through the posts, much to his and his teammates' dismay.
Dunning's scrummaging style has at times been criticised[1]. His brother is Canadian prop Casey Dunning.
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- ^ U.K. journalist Rob Wildman, writing in Issue 47,318 of the Daily Telegraph (Sports Section pS8: Tuesday 24th July 2007) described him as a "foldable camp seat, not averse to conning referees into awarding penalties when his side is in a tight spot"
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