Charlie Sharples

Charlie Sharples

Date of birth	(1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) [1]
School	St Peter's High School, Gloucester Wycliffe College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007– 2007–2010 Gloucester Moseley (D-R) 266 32 (455) (60) Correct as of 28 July 2020 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 2011 England Saxons England 3 4 (10) (10)

Charlie Sharples (born 17 August 1989) is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Aviva Premiership for Gloucester. He plays as a wing.

Sharples was born in Hong Kong. As a former Gloucestershire district athlete, Sharples ran a time of 11.30 seconds over the 100m distance at the age of 17. He also ran 40m in a time of 4.82 seconds at the England RWC training camp in 2011, the fastest time recorded in the England squad.^[2] He made his début for Gloucester during the 2007/08 season coming on as a substitute against London Irish at Kingsholm. He made his first start for Gloucester against Sale Sharks at Edgeley Park.^[3]

Sharples was dual registered with Moseley for both the 2007–08 and 2008-09 seasons. Sharples scored 18 tries in the 2010/11 season including four tries against the Newport-Gwent Dragons, and made his England debut against Wales in a World Cup warm-up match on 6 August.

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External links[]

• "England Rugby Profile". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-10.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Gloucester Rugby Profile
• Charlie Sharples at ESPNscrum

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