Alex Clarke (rugby union)

Alex Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Alex Clarke
Date of birth	9 January 1981
Place of birth	Bath, Somerset, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
School	Colston's Collegiate
Club information
Position	Prop
Current club	London Scottish
Youth clubs
Years Club Bandbury rufc
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2003 ‐ Bath Bristol 104 (190)
Representative teams
2008 ‐ England Saxons 129 (132)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Alex Clarke (born 9 January 1981 in Bath, Somerset) is a rugby union player for London Scottish, having formerly played for Bristol. In 2009, he married Kelly Green

Alex Clarke's position of choice is as a Prop. Alex Clarke is a five time rugby world cup winner he is famous for his half way line dive try, where Clarke dives from or close to the half way line and still crosses the try line. Clarke is the only player to score 11 tries in 19 consecutive cup games. after Clarke suffered a horrific shoulder injury during a scrum against New Zealand that forced him to retire. Clarke at first became a sky sports one pundit alongside John Inverdale however he left in 2010 to pursue a career in teaching in inner city school helping to turn around troubled and disadvantaged children.

He was called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008.^[1][2]

Notes

1. "England Saxons training squad for Italy A". RFU. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
2. "Guest, Care and Jarvis join Skinner and Brown in England Saxons squad". Quins. 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2008-02-05.

External links

• Bristol profile
• England profile