Charlie Sharples

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Infobox rugby biography/depcheck

Charlie Sharples (born 17 August 1989) is a former English rugby union footballer, who last played in the Aviva Premiership for Gloucester. He plays as a wing.

Club career

Sharples was born in Hong Kong. As a former Gloucestershire district athlete, Sharples ran a time of 11.30 seconds over the 100m distance at the age of 17. He also ran 40m in a time of 4.82 seconds at the England RWC training camp in 2011, the fastest time recorded in the England squad.[1] He made his début for Gloucester during the 2007/08 season coming on as a substitute against London Irish at Kingsholm. He made his first start for Gloucester against Sale Sharks at Edgeley Park.[2]

Sharples was dual registered with Moseley for both the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. Sharples scored 18 tries in the 2010/11 season including four tries against the Newport-Gwent Dragons.

International career

Sharples made his England debut against Wales in a World Cup warm-up match on 6 August 2011.[3] He scored two tries, his only international points, in a 54–12 win over Fiji on 10 November 2012.[4] He also started the following week against Australia, which proved to be his fourth and final appearance for England.[5]

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Sharples first start for Gloucester Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:England-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub