Matthew "Matt" Gidley (born 1 July 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and administrator.

Gidley played for the Newcastle Knights in the ARL Premiership and the NRL, and St Helens in the Super League, and for New South Wales in the State of Origin series and Australia at international level.

[citation needed] Gidley was selected for the Australian team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament.

Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights travelled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls.

2006 saw a rejuvenation of sorts for Gidley seeing him recapture some of his old magic flick pass play with Knights winger Brian Carney.

[14] In 2011, Gidley returned to the Newcastle Knights as the Business Development Manager before being appointed the CEO of Football Operations in June 2011 by the new owners, Hunter Sports Group.