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Matt Henjak

Matt Henjak

Birth name	Matthew T. Henjak
Date of birth	(1981-11-25) 25 November 1981 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb)[2]
School	St Edmund's College
Notable relative(s)	Ivan Henjak (uncle)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2002 2006–2008 Canberra Vikings (QPR) Cottesloe 9 (40) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2005 2004 2006–2008 2007 2008–2012 2012–2013 Brumbies Harlequins Western Force Perth Spirit Toulon Dax 18 2 23 72 21 (5) (0) (5) (16) (5) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2006 Australia 4 (0)

Matt Henjak (born 25 November 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby union player. He played scrum-half for the Australian national team. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and former Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak. After being sacked by the Western Force in 2008 for an off field indiscretion, Henjak signed for Toulon in the Top 14 in France where he played until 2012. He played a further season in France with Dax in the Pro D2 competition.

Henjak was educated at St Edmund's CollegeinCanberra, the same school as Matt Giteau, George Gregan and Ricky Stuart. He played for the Canberra Vikings while playing in the Canberra club competition. In 2001 and 2002 Henjak represented Australia in the under 21 side as well as later playing for Australia A.

He made his Super 12 debut in 2003, playing for the ACT Brumbies in a match against the Chiefs.

Henjak was called up into the 27-man national squad as cover mid-year 2004 after Elton Flatley broke his arm.^[1] Henjak made his international debut in 2004, on 26 June against England^[1] where he came off the bench onto the wing with 10 minutes remaining in the game after Clyde Rathbone was injured.

He moved to the new Super 14 team, the Western Force, for the 2006 Super 14 season. In 2008 he was involved in an altercation in which his teammate winger Haig Sare had his jaw broken, requiring surgery to insert a plate. Henjak was dismissed by the Western Force after he was found guilty of involvement in a bar room brawl.^[1][3][4]

Henjak went over to England for the latter part of 2004, having a short term stint with Harlequins.

After being sacked from the Western Force in 2008, Henjak was linked to a code-switch to rugby league and a move to the Canberra Raiders,^[5][6][7] however Toulon gave him the chance to resurrect his rugby union career in France.^[1][8] After four seasons with Toulon in the Top 14 competition, he played a further season with Pro D2 Club, Dax, in the second tier professional competition before retiring from professional rugby.

During his playing career, Henjak was linked with a series of scandals. In 2004, he was involved in an altercation in South Africa, in which the complainant was secretly paid A$16,000 to drop assault charges.^[1][9]

• Western Force profile
• Matt Henjak signs for Harlequins
• Rugby Heaven^{[permanent dead link]}
• Toulon RC profile