Matt Postlethwaite (born 1 October 1996) is an English former rugby union player who played as a Lock.
[1][2] Postlethwaite started playing rugby at the age of five with local club Ilkley RFC.
[3] He represented Yorkshire at County youth level and in February 2015 played for England under-18 against France.
[3] He spent six seasons with Sale and played in their 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup semi-final elimination against La Rochelle.
[4][6] In May 2024 after making only three appearances for Exeter in the Premiership Rugby Cup Postlethwaite was forced to retire on medical grounds.