Ben Clarke

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Ben Clarke
Birth nameBenjamin Bevan Clarke
Date of birth (1968-04-15) 15 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
SchoolThe Bishop's Stortford College
UniversityThe Royal Agricultural College (Cirencester)
Occupation(s)Money broker
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back Row
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
?-1992 Bishop's Stortford ()
– Saracens F.C. ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992-1996 Bath Rugby ()
1996-1998 Richmond F.C. ()
1998-2001 Bath Rugby ()
2001-2002 Worcester Warriors ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1992-1999 England 40
1993 British and Irish Lions 3

Ben Clarke (born 15 April 1968), [1] is a former England back-row international rugby union player.

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Biography

Educated at Bishop's Stortford College, [2] Clarke played for Bath Rugby from 1992 to 1996, before joining Richmond F.C. as the first £1-million player. [3] He returned to Bath in 2000 for a second spell as captain, [4] before knee injuries reduced his appearances and he left the club for a second time, joining Worcester Warriors as player/coach in 2001. [5]

Clarke first played for England in November 1992 v South Africa.

In 1995 Clarke received the first yellow card in the sport, for stamping on the Irish player Simon Geoghegan, however, at the time the card was only shown as a warning and was not used to send players off. [6]

Clarke toured New Zealand in 1993 with the British and Irish Lions. He had an excellent tour and was voted player of the tour.[ citation needed ]

Clarke currently works as a money broker for BGC Partners. He worked there alongside Peter Winterbottom, until Winterbottom left in 2008. [7]

See also

1993 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand

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References

  1. ↑ Ben Clarke | Rugby Player Profile and Stats | 2Rugby Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Springbok time for Skirving Archived 8 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Herts & Essex Observer, 17 May 2007
  3. ↑ Sugar daddies Four for whom the game turned sour The Independent - 23 January 2005
  4. ↑ Clarke gets Bath top job BBC Sport - 4 August 2000
  5. ↑ Rugby Union: Clarke calls time on Bath career The Independent - 23 May 2001
  6. ↑ "Rugby's most unwanted records".
  7. ↑ The Professional Rugby Players' Association : Players head to Canary Wharf to learn more about City careers


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