Matt Jess

Matt Jess
Personal information
Full name Matthew Steven Jess
Date of birth (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984
Place of birth Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) [1]
Club information
Position Wing
Current club Exeter Chiefs
Senior clubs*
YearsClubApps (points)
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-Present
Cornish Pirates
Newport Gwent Dragons
Cornish All Blacks
Exeter Chiefs



103
Representative teams
England Counties Cornwall
* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Matt Jess (born 4 April 1984) is a rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. His position of choice is Wing. Matt made his debut against Moseley in 2008.[2] He attended Cape Cornwall School in St Just, Cornwall.

Despite being born in Coventry, Jessy spent the majority of his youth in Cornwall and considers himself Cornish and is even branded as the "Heamoor Flyer".[3] Jess joined Exeter on 28 May 2008, signing from Cornish All Blacks.[4] Jess played his 100th game for Exeter against Worcester Warriors in March 2013.[5]

References

  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Exeter Chiefs". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  2. "Matt Jess profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. "Jess expecting tough test against Pirates". Thisisdevon.co.uk. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  4. "Chiefs sign up Launceston's Jess". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  5. Mark Stevens & Ben Wiltshire. "Jess joins the 100 club". Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 30 March 2013.


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