Matthew Rees

For the novelist/journalist, see Matt Rees. For the actor, see Matthew Rhys. For the footballer, see Matthew Rees (footballer).

Matthew Rees

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Rees
Date of birth	December 9, 1980 (1980-12-09) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tonyrefail, Wales
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Club information
Position(s)	Hooker
Current club	Scarlets Wales
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–	Merthyr RFC Pontypridd RFC Celtic Warriors Scarlets	34 16 0(0) 135 (25)
Representative teams**
2005– 2009	Wales British and Irish Lions	47 (10) 3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 19:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC). ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 03 Oct 2011 (UTC).

Matthew Rees (born 9 December 1980 in Tonyrefail, Wales) is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Scarlets in the Celtic League. His usual position is at hooker. He previously played for the now defunct Celtic Warriors and Pontypridd.

Rees made his debut for Wales against the USA in 2005.

In June 2009 Rees, Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones were selected as the British and Irish Lions front row for the 2nd Test against South Africa. This was the first time an all-Welsh front row was selected for a Lions test match since Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith and Courtney Meredith on the 1955 Lions tour.

On 18 January 2010 he was named in the 35 man Wales national Squad for the 2010 Six Nations tournament.^[1] Rees was appointed captain of the Welsh side in place of the injured Ryan Jones for the test against Australia at the Millennium Stadium on 6 November 2010 ^[2] and retained the captaincy for the 2011 Six Nations Championship.

On 29 May 2010, Rees was voted Rhondda Sport Personality of the year.

References

1. ^ Wales 2010 Six Nations Squad
2. ^ Rees to captain Wales

External links

• Profile at Ponty.net
• Profile at scarlets.co.uk
• Profile at wru.co.uk
• Profile at ercrugby.com

Persondata
Name	Rees, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	9 December 1980
Place of birth	Tonyrefail, Wales
Date of death
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