Matt Rendell Obituary

Matt Rendall was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League and South Australian National Football League.

Rendell retired at the end of 1991 after 164 games and 101 goals with Fitzroy. However, he soon reversed that decision and moved to the Brisbane Bears, who persuaded him to continue playing. He did so in his final year in 1992, playing 13 games and booting 7 goals for the Bears before retiring for good.

Rendell was an assistant coach and match-day tactician with the St Kilda Football Club, alongside Grant Thomas, until he was sacked at the end of 2006 with the appointment of Ross Lyon. In 2007, he returned to South Australia, joining the Adelaide Football Club as their recruitment manager.

He was later, with the AFL’s permission, hired by Collingwood as part of their recruiting department. In 2015, he took up the part-time task of coaching Collingwood’s ruckmen.