Matt Postlethwaite

Matt Postlethwaite (born 1 October 1996) is an English former rugby union player who played as a Lock.^[1][2]

Matt Postlethwaite

Full name	Matthew Postlethwaite
Date of birth	(1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Steeton, West Yorkshire, England
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
School	Ilkley Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) 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

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]