Matt Jess

Matt Jess

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Steven Jess
Date of birth	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*
Years Club Apps (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 considors 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.

External links

• Exeter Player Profile
• Aviva Premiership Player Profile