Matt Faessler

{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}

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| name = Matt Faessler

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| fullname = Matthew Faessler

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Australia

| height = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|105|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| school = Toowoomba Grammar

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| position = Hooker

| currentclub = {{Rut|Reds}}

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| years1 = 2019

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Queensland Country}}

| apps1 = 6

| points1 = 0

| years2 = 2021–

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Reds}}

| apps2 = 49

| points2 = 80

| repyears1 = 2018

| repteam1 = Australia U20

| repcaps1 = 1

| reppoints1 = 0

| repyears2 = 2023-

| repteam2 = Australia

| repcaps2 = 5

| reppoints2 = 0

| clubupdate = 6 June 2025

| repupdate = 24 September 2023

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Matt Faessler (born 21 December 1998 in Australia){{cite web | url=https://www.ultimaterugby.com/matt-faessler | title=Matt Faessler | publisher=Ultimate Rugby | accessdate=18 January 2021}} is an Australian rugby union player who plays internationally for the Wallabies and for the {{Rut|Reds}} in Super Rugby. His playing position is hooker. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season.{{cite press release | url=https://reds.rugby/news/2021/01/17/2021-queensland-reds-squad-announced | title=2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced | publisher=Queensland Reds | date=18 January 2021 | accessdate=18 January 2021}}{{cite news | url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2021/01/17/2021-queensland-reds-squad-announced | title=2021 Queensland Reds Squad announced | publisher=Rugby.com.au | date=18 January 2021 | accessdate=18 January 2021}} He previously represented the {{Rut|Queensland Country}} in the 2019 National Rugby Championship.{{cite web |title=Bond University Queensland Country squad announced for 2019 National Rugby Championship |url=https://mailchi.mp/news/qru-media-release-bond-university-queensland-country-squad-announced-for-2019-national-rugby-championship |publisher=Queensland Rugby Union |date=26 August 2019}}

Faessler's grandfather Vince Bermingham played for the Wallabies in the 1930s.{{cite news |last1=Payten |first1=Iain |title=Tomahawks, punch-ups and Bledisloe glory: New Wallaby's colourful family history |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/tomahawks-punch-ups-and-bledisloe-glory-new-wallaby-s-colourful-family-history-20230630-p5dkp8.html |access-date=3 February 2025 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701031414/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/tomahawks-punch-ups-and-bledisloe-glory-new-wallaby-s-colourful-family-history-20230630-p5dkp8.html |archive-date=1 July 2023}}