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 33)
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
Current team Sale Sharks
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Sandbach
Macclesfield
()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-2015
2010
2011-2012
2015-2017
2017-
Sale Sharks
Glasgow Warriors
Yorkshire Carnegie
Bristol Rugby
Sale Sharks
100

13
45
(25)

(0)
(40)
Correct as of 6 June 2017

William Cliff (born 17 October 1988) is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks. He plays as a scrum half.

He scored his first try for Sale in their 49–24 win over CA Brive in the European Challenge Cup quarter-final in 2008.

He played for 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 Cliff returned to Sale Sharks. [2] Cliff signed for Bristol for the 2015-16 Greene King IPA Championship season, winning promotion to the Premiership in his first season in the south west.

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References

  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks - Will Cliff profile". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. "Will Cliff".