Matt Thompson (rugby union)
| Born | Matthew Thompson 12 December 1982 Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Royal Grammar School, Newcastle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Northumbria University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative | Dave Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Thompson (born 12 December 1982 in Brighton, England) is a retired rugby union player who last played for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. Thompson plays as a Hooker.
Thompson was a replacement as Newcastle won the 2004 Anglo-Welsh Cup final.[4] He retired in 2014.[5]
References
- ^ "Newcastle Falcons 1st XV Squad, Matt Thompson". Newcastle Falcons. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Matt THOMPSON – Player statistics – It's rugby".
- ^ "Matt THOMPSON – Player statistics – It's rugby".
- ^ "Newcastle 37–33 Sale". BBC. 17 April 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Falcons bid a fond farewell to Matt Thompson". newcastlefalcons.co.uk. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2017.