Matty Dawson-Jones is an English

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a er or for

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their former ground. The original club w ...

in the Betfred Championship. He has previously played for the

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...

in the

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, spending time on loan from

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into t ...

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated i ...

in the Championship. He played for St Helens, and spent time on loan from the

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at the

Rochdale Hornets The Rochdale Hornets are a professional rugby league club from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, competing in the Championship, the second tier of European rugby league. The Rochdale Hornets are one of the original twenty-two rugby club ...

in the Championship. He also played for the Leigh Centurions in the Super League and Betfred Championship.

Background

Matthew Dawson was born in

Pontefract Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wake ...

, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

Dawson, a

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed ...

player at youth level, made his senior début in the

with the

. Whilst at Huddersfield, Dawson also played for

on loan in the Championship, before signing for St. Helens, and making 50 appearances. He has played for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship, and has played a few times for the

on dual registration. In 2018, Dawson-Jones signed a contract with Hull F.C. which will see him play with the club from 2019. In January 2020, Dawson-Jones signed a one-year deal with RFL Championship side

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is pre ...

. Following the cancelled season he took up the option of an extra year to stay for the 2021 season.

References

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1990 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players English rugby league players Huddersfield Giants players Hull F.C. players Leigh Centurions players Rochdale Hornets players Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Pontefract Rugby league wingers Sheffield Eagles players St Helens R.F.C. players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub