Charlie Matthews

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Charlie Matthews
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Matthews playing for Harlequins in 2014
Birth nameCharles Walter Watson Matthews [1]
Date of birth (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb) [2]
School Hurstpierpoint College
University Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2018
2018–2020
2020–2022
2022-		 Harlequins
Wasps
Kamaishi Seawaves
Harlequins 		164
28
30
10		 (40)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 22 February 2021
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)

2010–2011
2014		 England U18
England U20
England Saxons
20
3
(10)
(0)

Charles Walter W. Matthews (born 26 July 1991) is an English rugby union player for English Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. He plays as a lock. Matthews was announced as captain for the 22/23 Harlequins Premiership Rugby Cup side.

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 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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References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Matthews". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Charlie Matthews". Harlequin F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Matthews selected for England". Hurstpierpoint College. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mike Brown: Harlequins full-back one of 21 added by England". BBC Sport. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.


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