Matt Postlethwaite

Matt Postlethwaite
Full nameMatthew Postlethwaite
Born (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 30)
Steeton, West Yorkshire, England
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
SchoolIlkley Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position Lock
Youth career
2001–2015 Ilkley RFC
Yorkshire Carnegie Academy
2015–2017 Sale Sharks
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–2020 Sale FC 77 (40)
2017–2023 Sale Sharks 62 (15)
2017–2018 → Fylde RFC (loan) 3 (0)
2017–2018 → Rotherham Titans (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Doncaster Knights (loan) 1 (0)
2023–2024 Exeter Chiefs 3 (5)
2015–2024 Total 159 (60)
Correct as of 18 December 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 Yorkshire Under-15 - (-)
2014 Yorkshire Under-18 - (-)
2015 England Under-18 1 (0)
Correct as of 18 December 2023

Matt Postlethwaite (born 1 October 1996) is an English former rugby union player who played as a Lock.

Career

Postlethwaite started playing rugby at the age of five with local club Ilkley RFC. He represented Yorkshire at County youth level and in February 2015 played for England under-18 against France.

Postlethwaite captained Sale Sharks academy side. He spent six seasons with Sale and played in their 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup semi-final elimination against La Rochelle.

In the summer of 2023 Postlethwaite left Sale to join Exeter Chiefs. In May 2024 after making only three appearances for Exeter in the Premiership Rugby Cup Postlethwaite was forced to retire on medical grounds.

References

  1. ↑ "Matt Postlethwaite". ESPN. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Matt Postlethwaite". Sale FC. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Birkinshaw, Alan (19 February 2015). "Ilkley student Matthew Postlethwaite set for French test". Ilkley Gazette. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Exeter lock Postlethwaite to retire aged 27". BBC Sport. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Aloia, Andrew (20 April 2019). "European Challenge Cup Semi-Final: La Rochelle 24-20 Sale Sharks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Fissler, Neil (9 July 2023). "Postlethwaite goes on trial at Exeter". The Rugby Paper. Retrieved 25 December 2023.