Charlie Matthews
Birth name | Charles Walter Watson Matthews[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kingston-upon-Thames, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hurstpierpoint College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Walter W. Matthews (born 26 July 1991) is an English rugby union player for Top Challenge League side Kamaishi Seawaves. He plays as a lock.
Matthews attended Hurstpierpoint College in West Sussex, where he was Head Boy in his final year.[3]
Matthews was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.[4] The second-row previously also represented England at U20 level at the 2011 IRB Junior World Cup in Italy.
Charlie's great grandmother was the sculptor and artist Alice Bertha Moreton.
References[]
- ^ "Charlie Matthews". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Charlie Matthews". Harlequin F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Charlie Matthews selected for England". Hurstpierpoint College. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Kingston upon Thames
- English rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Harlequin F.C. players
- People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Wasps RFC players
- Kamaishi Seawaves players
- English rugby union biography stubs