Matt Postlethwaite

Lock Matt Postlethwaite joined the Sale Sharks Academy from the Yorkshire Carnegie Academy after playing his formative rugby at Ilkley Rugby Club. 

He played his school rugby at Ilkley Grammar School, which has strong links to Ilkley Rugby and from there went on to representative rugby. 

Matt has played representative rugby both at U15 and U18 for Yorkshire and he’s also earned international recognition, playing for England U18s against both Wales and France. 

Matt was named in Alex Sanderson’s squad for the 2021/22 season but prior to that had spent two years as a dual-registered player with Sale FC.