![]() Matthews playing for Harlequins in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 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 French Pro D2 team Biarritz Olympique. [3]
Matthews attended Hurstpierpoint College in West Sussex, where he was Head Boy in his final year. [4]
Matthews was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014. [5] The second-row previously also represented England at U20 level at the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Cup in Argentina and Italy.
Charlie's great grandmother was the sculptor and artist Alice Bertha Moreton.
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