Matt Banahan
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| Full name | Matthew Andrew Banahan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | St Helier, Jersey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bath | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing/Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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London Irish Bath United |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2006– | Bath | 183 | (352) |
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Correct as of 25 January 2015
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2008–2011 2009–2011 |
England Saxons England |
3 16 |
(25) (20) |
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Correct as of 25 October 2011
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Matthew Andrew Banahan (born 30 December 1986, in Jersey) is a Jerseyman who plays rugby union for Bath in the Aviva Premiership and England in international rugby union. His main position is wing, however he can also operate as an inside or outside centre.
Banahan grew up playing field hockey, earning selection to the Jersey and West of England junior representative sides before he decided his hockey career was stalled and switching to rugby union. Banahan went to La Moye school, Les Quennevais School and Highlands College.
Banahan moved to Bath in the summer of 2006, after previously appearing for the London Irish Academy and was brought to the Recreation Ground as a lock. He had also been involved with the RFU's Junior National Academy set-up and, England's sevens set up.
He switched to wing where his powerful combination of size, strength and speed made him a potent weapon in the Bath United and Development sides, for whom he scored ten tries in fourteen games last season.
Quickly promoted to the first team from the Academy set up, Banahan made 26 first grade appearances and finished the 2007/08 season as the club's top try scorer (16) and the Guinness Premiership regular season's second highest (10) behind Leicester's Tom Varndell (13).
Banahan was selected for the "wider" England Sevens squad in the 2007-08 IRB Sevens World Series, which refers to a pool of players who supplement the 11 core squad members. As a member of the wider squad, he was eligible for selection for up to four of the eight events in the tournament. He was also selected for the England Saxons squad to play in the 2008 Churchill Cup. He celebrated his Saxons debut by scoring a hat trick in a 64–10 victory over the USA in the opening round. He then scored two tries against Ireland A and one in the final against Scotland A.
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