Johnny Matthews (rugby union)

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Johnny Matthews
Date of birth (1993-07-05) 5 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight107 kg (236 lb; 16 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015 Rotherham Titans 3 (0)
2019– Glasgow Warriors 79 (215)
Correct as of 19 November 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018 Scotland Club XV
2022 Scotland A 1 (0)
2023– Scotland 2 (5)
Correct as of 19 November 2024

Johnny Matthews (born 5 July 1993) is a professional rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors. His usual position is at hooker. [1] Born in Liverpool, England, he plays for the Scotland national team.

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Matthews played for Sedgley Park in the season 2016–17. [1] He scored 26 tries in 29 appearances. [2] While with Yorkshire Carnegie he played for Otley. [2]

On moving to Scotland in 2017 Matthews played for Boroughmuir. [2] He finished the Scottish Premiership's top try scorer for 2018–19 season. [2]

Professional career

From Sedgley Park, Matthews moved to Yorkshire Carnegie. [2] He then played for Sale Jets, the Sale Sharks 2XV. [2]

Matthews was a back-up player for Edinburgh. [2]

It was announced on 6 September that Matthews had signed a professional contract with Glasgow Warriors for short-term cover over the 2019 Rugby World Cup; when Glasgow lose around 15 of their players to the national squads involved in the tournament. [1]

Matthews said of the Warriors move: "I’m absolutely delighted to sign. Glasgow is one of the biggest clubs in Europe and I’m looking forward to hopefully getting a few games under my belt while I’m here."

Matthews made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in their opening match of the 2019-20 season - against Ulster at Kingspan Stadium, Belfast on 7 September 2019. [3]

Matthews scored his first try for the club in the return match in a 36–33 victory at Scotstoun Stadium. [4]

On 29 November 2019 it was confirmed that Matthews' Glasgow Warriors contract will be extended to the rest of the 2019–20 season. [5]

On 1 April 2023, Matthews scored a quintet of tries against Dragons in the European Challenge Cup - a Warriors record

International career

Matthews was born in England, but qualifies to play for Scotland as his mother is from Glasgow. He has represented Scotland at Under 18 and at Club XV levels. [6] [7]

He was called up to the Scotland squad for the 2022 summer tour on 17 June 2022. [8]

He was capped by Scotland A on 25 June 2022 in their match against Chile. [9]

He was called up to the Scotland World Cup squad in September 2023 after an injury to Stuart McInally and made his Scotland debut against Romania on 30 September 2023 when he scored Scotland's tenth try of the game. [10]

His second cap came over one year later when he appeared as a substitute in Scotland's autumn international match against Portugal on 16 November 2024. [11]

Administrative career

Matthews studied Sports Marketing at Leeds Beckett University. [12]

He was a Rugby Development Officer at North Berwick RFC from 2017 to 2018. [12]

Matthews was the Commercial and Community Development Manager at Boroughmuir from 2018 to 2019. [12]

On 19 January 2022, Matthews took the position of Commercial Manager of Watsonians. [13]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harper, Gavin (7 March 2019). "Boroughmuir's Johnny Matthews on finishing Prem's top tryscorer and his career to date".[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Bathgate, Stuart (7 September 2019). "Ulster v Glasgow: second-half slump sees Warriors sustain heavy loss". The Offside Line.
  4. ↑ Heatly, Gary (14 September 2019). "Glasgow v Ulster: Adam Nicol nicks it for Warriors". The Offside Line.
  5. ↑ "Squad Update". Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors bring in two recruits on short-term deals". HeraldScotland. 6 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Barnes, David (17 December 2018). "Scotland Club XV training squad unveiled by head coach Rob Chrystie". The Offside Line.
  8. ↑ @Scotlandteam (17 June 2022). "Scotland squad update:Adam Hastings (hamstring) and Huw Jones (back) will not travel for the summer tour due to i…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Chile v Scotland A". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "RWC23: Scotland v Romania: Johnny Matthews call-up is ideal end to great summer". 26 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Scotland v Portugal - 16 Nov 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 https://uk.linkedin.com/in/johnathan-matthews-336101179?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F [ self-published source ]
  13. ↑ "Johnny Matthews comes on board as Commercial Manager". Watsonians RFC.
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