Liz Crake

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Liz Crake
Birth nameElizabeth Crake
Date of birth (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, England
School Hockerill Anglo-European College
University King's College London
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop, Flanker, Number 8
Current team Wasps
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–present Wasps ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
England 2

Elizabeth "Liz" Crake (born 8 November 1994) [1] is an English rugby union player who currently plays as a loose-head prop [2] for Wasps in the Premier 15s and for the England national team. [1] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Crake attended Hockerill Anglo-European College [5] and later studied at King's College London from 2013 to 2018, earning a BDS in Dentistry. [6] [7] She has continued to pursue a career as a dentist alongside her rugby career. [6] [7] [8]

Rugby career

Club career

Crake joined Wasps in 2014 during her first year of university. She initially played in various back row positions before moving to prop. [1] [7] [9]

In 2017 she faced a disciplinary 6 week ban after biting a player on the pitch playing Gloucester Hartpury

International career

Crake was selected in the England squad for the Six Nations in 2023 and made her debut as a replacement against Scotland. [1] [4] [10]

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