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| Date of birth | 17 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charlie Sharples (born 17 August 1989) is a former English rugby union footballer, who last played 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.
Sharples made his England debut against Wales in a World Cup warm-up match on 6 August 2011. [4] He scored two tries, his only international points, in a 54–12 win over Fiji on 10 November 2012. [5] He also started the following week against Australia, which proved to be his fourth and final appearance for England. [6]
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