- Phil Clarke
Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Phil Clarke
fullname = Phil Clarke
caption =
country =
position = Loose forward
currentclub = Retired
dateofbirth =
placeofbirth =Wigan
countryofbirth =England
height =
weight =
club1 = Wigan
year1start = 1988
year1end = 1995
appearances1 = 154
tries1 =
goals1 =
fieldgoals1 =
points1 = 92
club2 = Sydney City Roosters
year2start = 1995
year2end = 1996
appearances2 = 12
tries2 =
goals2 =
fieldgoals2 =
points2 = 8
teamA = England
yearAstart =
yearAend =
appearancesA = 2
triesA =
goalsA =
fieldgoalsA =
pointsA = 2
teamB = Great Britain
yearBstart =
yearBend =
appearancesB = 6
triesB =
goalsB =
fieldgoalsB =
pointsB = 6
updated =
source =
new = yesPhil Clarke is a former English
rugby league player.Phil Clarke played for Wigan in the
Rugby League Premiership . He also played for the Sydney City Roosters inAustralia .Clarke represented England at the
1995 Rugby League World Cup . Clarke has also represented Great Britain on numerous occasions.Clarke's usual position was as a loose forward.
Phil Clarke is now a
Sky Sports Rugby League pundit with plenty of experience in the game as a formerWigan Warriors andSydney Roosters player and Great Britain captain. He is the son of Colin Clarke, another former Wigan player.Clarke's playing career was cut short when he suffered a broken neck in his only season with Sydney. Although he made a full recovery, he was warned by doctors never to play Rugby League again.
He began working with Sky television in 1999 alongside Bill Arthur on Academy matches but nowadays he can be seen working with
Eddie Hemmings and Mike "Stevo" Stephenson onSky Sports Super League broadcasts and is respected for his in depth analysis of games and regularly "knocks sense" into colleague Mike Stephenson.In March 2006 he quit his job as Great Britain team manager after five years, having become part of the GB set-up in 2001. His reasons for leaving were the "lack of leadership and direction" for the Great Britain team, and the lack of improvement in competitiveness against international opponents; adding that "Despite what's been said by the
RFL and certain parts of the media, we're no closer now than we were 15 years ago."External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/international_and_australian/4836506.stm BBC News report on Clarke quitting as GB manager]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
