Matthew Guinness-King
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| Date of birth | April 7, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Woodstock, ON, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Upper Canada College | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Guinness-King (born April 7, 1980) is a Canadian former international rugby union player.[1]
Guinness-King, born in Woodstock, Ontario, attended Upper Canada College while growing up in Toronto.[2]
A Balmy Beach product, Guinness-King was primarily a centre and gained 11 caps for Canada, debuting against the United States in Chicago in 2002. He made Canada's squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where he played on a wing in their pool match against the All Blacks.[3] As a rugby sevens player, Guinness-King further represented Canada at the 2005 World Cup and 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4] He captained Cambridge University in the 2011 Varsity Match.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Rugby - Top 14 : Matt King, le roi de la thèse". Var-Matin (in French). July 31, 2011.
- ^ "King thriving on guts, not glory". The Toronto Star. June 4, 1999.
- ^ "All Blacks thump Canada - Sport News". NZ Herald. October 18, 2003.
- ^ Gibson, Jano (March 17, 2006). "Australia face Kiwi showdown". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Varsity match 2011: Cambridge's Matt Guinness-King says Twickenham clash is perfect way to conclude his career". The Daily Telegraph. December 7, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Matthew Guinness-King at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Canadian rugby union players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Toronto
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Canada
- People from Woodstock, Ontario