Phil Clarke

Phil Clarke

Clarke in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Philip Clarke
Born	Sunday (1971-05-16) 16 May 1971 (age 45) Blackrod, Lancashire, England, UK
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–95 Wigan 154 23 0 0 92 1995–96 Sydney City Roosters 12 2 0 0 8 Total 166 25 0 0 100 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–94 Great Britain 16 4 0 0 16 1995 England 6 1 0 0 4
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Phil Clarke (born Sunday (1971-05-16) 16 May 1971 (age 45) in Blackrod, Lancashire) is an English professional rugby league football commentator and former player of the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or five-eighth, he played his club rugby league in England for Wigan (with whom he won five consecutive Challenge Cup Finals from 1990 to 1994), and in Australia for the Sydney Roosters.

Phil Clarke is the son of the Wigan and England nine of the 1960s and 1970s, and Wigan coach of the 1980s, Colin Clarke.

During the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season, he played for defending champions Wigan at loose-forward in their 1991 World Club Challenge victory against the visiting Penrith Panthers. Clarke was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. He played in the back-row in Great Britain's win over Australia in Melbourne. During the 1992–93 Rugby Football League season Clarke played at loose-forward for defending RFL champions Wigan in the 1992 World Club Challenge against the visiting Brisbane Broncos. After the 1993–94 Rugby Football League season Clarke travelled with defending champions Wigan to Brisbane, playing at loose-forward in their 1994 World Club Challenge victory over Australian premiers, the Brisbane Broncos.