Will Cliff

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Will Cliff
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Birth nameWilliam Cliff
Date of birth (1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight13 st 1 lb (83 kg) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Sandbach ()
Macclesfield ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–2015 Sale Sharks 113 (25)
2010 → Glasgow Warriors 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Yorkshire Carnegie 13 (0)
2015–2017 Bristol Rugby 45 (40)
2017–2023 Sale Sharks 121 (114)
Correct as of 6 May 2023

William Cliff (born 17 October 1988) is an English former rugby union player. His position was scrum-half and he made the majority of his career appearances at Sale Sharks.

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Career

Cliff came through the academy of Sale Sharks and made his senior club debut in 2007. [2] [3] In April 2008 he scored his first try for Sale during their 49–24 win over CA Brive in the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final. [4] Later that month he featured in their semi-final elimination against Bath. [5]

Cliff joined Glasgow Warriors in 2010 with a view to getting a loan deal with the club but registration problems meant that the deal fell through and he returned to Sale. [6] He spent the 2011–12 RFU Championship campaign with Yorkshire Carnegie. [7]

After making 113 appearance in his first spell at the club, Cliff left Sale to join Bristol Bears in 2015. [3] [7] In his first season he scored a try in the 2015–16 RFU Championship play-off final against Doncaster Knights which Bristol won to seal promotion to the top flight. [8]

After two seasons with Bristol, Cliff returned to Sale in 2017. [2] He started in the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby Cup final which saw Sale beat Harlequins to win their first silverware for fourteen years. [9] In 2023 it was announced that Cliff had retired. [10]

Honours

Sale Sharks
Bristol

References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks - Will Cliff profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Sale Sharks: Marc Jones and Will Cliff re-sign on two-year deals for Premiership club". BBC Sport. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Will Cliff: Bristol sign Sale Sharks scrum-half ahead of next season". BBC Sport. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sale 49-24 Brive". BBC Sport. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Bath 36-14 Sale Sharks". BBC Sport. 26 April 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Will Cliff". Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 Leigh, Neil (2 March 2015). "Sale Sharks star Will Cliff confirms switch to Bristol". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 Law, James (25 May 2016). "Championship play-off final: Bristol 32-34 Doncaster (Agg 60-47)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Premiership Rugby Cup final: Sale Sharks edge out Harlequins thanks to late comeback". BBC Sport. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  10. ↑ "Sale Sharks: Sam Hill one of eight more players leaving at end of season". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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