Matt Kvesic

Matt Kvesic

Kvesic warming up for England in 2013
Full name	Matthew Boris Kvesic
Date of birth	(1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 24)
Place of birth	Iserlohn, Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School	Blundell's School Worcester Sixth Form College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Openside flanker
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Apps (points) 2009–2013 2010 2013-2017 2017- Worcester Warriors → Stourbridge Gloucester Rugby Exeter Chiefs 63 4 85 (50) (0) (50) Correct as of 09:44, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 2008 2009–2010 2011–2012 2016- 2013- England U16 England U18 England U20 England Saxons England 14 3 3 (15) (5) (0) Correct as of 17th June 2016

Matthew Boris "Matt" Kvesic (born 14 April 1992) is an English professional rugby union player for Premiership side Gloucester Rugby. Born in Germany to English parents, he represented England at international level and played for several youth representative sides before making his debut for the senior team in 2013. Predominantly an openside flanker, he has also played on the blindside and at number eight. Over the last two seasons he has become one of the best sevens in England.

After taking up rugby at Swanage & Wareham RFC, Kvesic attended Blundell's School in Tiverton where he captained the team in schools rugby. He joined the Worcester Warriors Academy aged 14 after attending a training camp before completing his academic studies at Worcester Sixth Form College. Whilst in Sixth form he also represented North Midlands and then the Midlands as a whole in the Midland's Under-18 Championship and Divisional Festival respectively. He made his senior debut for Worcester in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against the Scarlets on 14 November 2009, becoming the youngest player to represent the Warriors in the professional era. In May 2010 he signed a new contract with the club, though with his playing time limited, he joined National League 1 side Stourbridge at the start of the season on a dual registration agreement, making four appearances.

He returned to Worcester and scored two tries on his full debut against Esher before adding a third in the British and Irish Cup against Newport in his next game. He credited his try-scoring start to the season with the time he spent playing physical, forwards dominated rugby in National League 1 with Stourbridge and finished the season with 13 appearances as Worcester were promoted to the Premiership. His performances saw him named Young Player of the Year at the club's end-of-season awards and, with his previous contract due to run out in 2012, he signed an extension with the club in April 2011. In his first Premiership season he played sixteen times in the league, including eight starts, and made his European debut in the Amlin Challenge Cup against Stade Français on 10 November 2011. He was a regular in his final season with the Warriors, appearing in all but one of their Premiership matches and left the club having been named Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year for 2012–13.