| Matthew Neely | |
| Full Name: | Matthew Robert Neely |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Craigs, Ballymena, Ireland |
| Position: | Prop |
| Repyears1: | 1947 |
| Repcaps1: | 4 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
Matthew Robert Neely (24 December 1919 – 19 October 1997) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born near Ballymena, Neely served as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and after being decommissioned played rugby for Collegians.[1] He was capped four times for Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations, playing as a prop.[2] A doctor, Neely was the Principal Registrar at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital and was married in 1950 to fellow doctor Jean Stewart.[3]