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April 07, 2026

Montauban move for Johnny Matthews

Posted by Editor on April 7, 2026 05:30 PM | No comments | Print | E-mail author

Johnny Matthews has signed a three-year deal with US Montauban
Glasgow Warriors have officially announced Johnny Matthews will leave the club at the end of the current campaign to join French side US Montauban.

Matthews occupies third place in Glasgow's all-time scoring charts - only George Horne and DTH van der Merwe can better the hooker's tally of 51 tries for the club.

Matthews crossed for a hat-trick in a 40-12 home victory over Zebre Parma in May 2022; the feat made him the first hooker ever to score three times in one game for the club, as well as becoming the first Glasgow player to score a hat-trick since Nikola Matawalu away to the Ospreys in 2018.

He repeated the feat against the same opposition a year later, scoring another hat-trick in the same fixture as the Warriors earned a 50-8 win over Zebre Parma in March 2023.

Matthews then went on to create club history against the Dragons at Scotstoun, crossing for five tries in a single match - a feat never before achieved by a Glasgow Warrior.

He finished the 2023/24 BKT URC season as top try-scorer, breaking his own club record by scoring 14 tries to top the standings in an historic title-winning campaign for the Warriors.

The former Boroughmuir man became the club's first-ever try-scorer at Hampden Park in December 2024, touching down for a brace in a 33-14 win over Edinburgh.

Matthews reached a century of appearances in a 49-0 win over the Dragons in October 2025, marking the milestone with a try off the bench.

US Montauban announced the move today and confirmed Matthews has a deal that will take him through to 2029.