Todd Clever

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name = Todd Clever


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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|1|16
placeofbirth = Palm Springs, California
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weight = 215 lb (97 kg, 15 st 5 lb )
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Todd Clever (born 16 January 1983) is an American rugby union player. He currently plays for OMBAC, and for the United States national side. Clever began playing rugby in high school and was named to the USA U19 team in 2001. In college, he played for University of Nevada, Reno and was a 3-time College All-American while there. Clever made his international debut against nrut|Argentina in August 2003, at the age of 20 [ [http://web.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/viadesto/natteams/mnt/15ProfileDetail.pl?playerId=79 USA Rugby - Men's National Team - Player Profile - Todd Clever ] ] . In rugby union Clever plays flanker, but while playing for the USA Sevens side he plays prop. Clever was included in the USA squad for the 2007 World Cup, where he intercepted a pass against South Africa that lead to Z Ngwenya scoring the "try of the world cup" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkU3zR-dsXU YouTube - Ngwenya scores Rugby try of 2007 ] ] Recently it has been made public that Clever is to join the South African Lions franchise for the 2009 Super 14 and subsequently for the Lions' sister club, the Golden Lions, in the Currie Cup as well.

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* [http://web.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/viadesto/natteams/mnt/15ProfileDetail.pl?playerId=79 Info at usarugby.com]