Matt Postlethwaite
English rugby union player
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Matt Postlethwaite (born 1 October 1996) is an English former rugby union player who played as a Lock.[1][2]
| Full name | Matthew Postlethwaite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 October 1996 Steeton, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ilkley Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Postlethwaite started playing rugby at the age of five with local club Ilkley RFC.[3] He represented Yorkshire at County youth level and in February 2015 played for England under-18 against France.[3]
Postlethwaite captained Sale Sharks academy side.[3] He spent six seasons with Sale and played in their 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup semi-final elimination against La Rochelle.[4][5]
In the summer of 2023 Postlethwaite left Sale to join Exeter Chiefs.[4][6] In May 2024 after making only three appearances for Exeter in the Premiership Rugby Cup Postlethwaite was forced to retire on medical grounds.[4]
