Matthew Nuthall
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Matthew Dean Nuthall, born 6 July 1983 in Pontypridd
, Wales
, is a rugby union
player for Pontypridd RFC
in the Principality Premiership
. Matthew shot to fame at the end of the 2001/02 season with a man of the match performance in his first ever senior outing for Pontypridd against Bridgend. His rise to stardom continued with a place in the Ponty team which clinched the 2002 Welsh Cup against Llanelli, whilst still qualified at the youth age level. Matthew was drafted into the Celtic Warriors regional squad in 2003, but turning out regularly for Pontypridd at club level.
Following a spell contracted to the Blues regional squad, and turning out for Cardiff RFC in the Premiership, Matthew returned to Ponty for the 2005 - 2006 campaign, scoring a crucial try in the club's victorious Konica Minolta Cup Final appearance. In the summer of 2006 Matthew Nuthall once more moved on from Sardis Road, joining up with the Pertemps Bees in English League division two. From Pertemps Bees he moved to Neath, before once again re-joining his hometown club in the summer of 2009.
Pontypridd
Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, is a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club, known as Ponty, are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, currently playing in the British and Irish Cup, Principality Premiership, and are the current SWALEC Cup champions....
in the Principality Premiership
Welsh Premier Division
The Welsh Premier Division is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented by the Welsh Rugby Union for the 1990–91 season.-Competition history:...
. Matthew shot to fame at the end of the 2001/02 season with a man of the match performance in his first ever senior outing for Pontypridd against Bridgend. His rise to stardom continued with a place in the Ponty team which clinched the 2002 Welsh Cup against Llanelli, whilst still qualified at the youth age level. Matthew was drafted into the Celtic Warriors regional squad in 2003, but turning out regularly for Pontypridd at club level.
Following a spell contracted to the Blues regional squad, and turning out for Cardiff RFC in the Premiership, Matthew returned to Ponty for the 2005 - 2006 campaign, scoring a crucial try in the club's victorious Konica Minolta Cup Final appearance. In the summer of 2006 Matthew Nuthall once more moved on from Sardis Road, joining up with the Pertemps Bees in English League division two. From Pertemps Bees he moved to Neath, before once again re-joining his hometown club in the summer of 2009.