Charlie Matthews

Matthews playing for Harlequins in 2014
Birth name	Charles Walter Watson Matthews[1]
Date of birth	(1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb; 260 lb)[2]
School	Hurstpierpoint College
University	Loughborough University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2018 2018–2020 2020–2022 2022- Harlequins Wasps Kamaishi Seawaves Harlequins 164 28 30 10 (40) (0) (0) Correct as of 22 February 2021 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2011 2014 England U18 England U20 England Saxons 20 3 (10) (0)

Charles Walter W. Matthews (born 26 July 1991) is an English rugby union player for English Premiership Rugby side Harlequins. He plays as a lock. Matthews was announced as captain for the 22/23 Harlequins Premiership Rugby Cup side.

Matthews attended Hurstpierpoint College in West Sussex, where he was Head Boy in his final year.^[3]

Matthews was selected for the England squad to face the Barbarians in the summer of 2014.^[4] The second-row previously also represented England at U20 level at the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Cup in Argentina and Italy.

Charlie's great grandmother was the sculptor and artist Alice Bertha Moreton.