Matthew Tweddle
 Matthew Tweddle playing for Steaua in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Matthew Devon Tweddle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 July 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Saint Charles College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Devon Tweddle (born 1 July 1992) is a South African born Irish rugby union football player. He plays as a number 8 for professional SuperLiga club Steaua București.
Club career
[edit]Matthew Tweddle played throughout his career at various clubs including NMMU University, college rovers, sharks U21 in South Africa, Garryowen in Ireland, Falkirk and Boroughmuir in Scotland, College Rovers Club championship again in South Africa placing 2nd/ runners up to the trophy. Soon after a move to Romanian SuperLiga followed where he played for Tomitanii Constanța. After just one season he moved to Steaua in Bucharest starting mid 2019 and still applieshis trade for the superliga Giant. Matthew has recently qualified and played for the Romanian National team in the 2024 Autumn tests and most recently the Rugby Europe championship where the team placed 3rd after beating Portugal 21-7 in a thrilling match.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ www.theoffsideline.com (3 September 2016). "THE LOWDOWN – BOROUGHMUIR V STIRLING COUNTY".
- ^ www.falkirkrfc.com (26 August 2015). "SUNNYSIDERS GETTING READY FOR THE NEW SEASON".
- ^ www.ilcentro.it (15 October 2017). "Troiani: L'Aquila, attenta alla Primavera".
- ^ www.cugetliber.ro (8 September 2018). "ACS Tomitanii debutează, sâmbătă, în Superliga Naţională de rugby".
- ^ www.csasteaua.ro (30 August 2019). "Rugbiștii steliști, la startul sezonului".
External links
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- Matthew Tweddle at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Matthew Tweddle at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- South African rugby union players
- Irish rugby union players
- Falkirk RFC players
- Boroughmuir RFC players
- ACS Tomitanii Constanța players
- CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players
- Rugby union number eights
- South African rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs
- Irish rugby union biography stubs