Ben Clarke

Ben Clarke
Birth name	Benjamin Bevan Clarke
Date of birth	15 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	113 kg (17 st 11 lb)
School	The Bishop's Stortford College
University	The Royal Agricultural College (Cirencester)
Occupation(s)	Money broker
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Back Row
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
?-1992	Bishop's Stortford
–	Saracens F.C.
Senior career
Years	Team
1992-1996	Bath Rugby
1996-1998	Richmond F.C.
1998-2001	Bath Rugby
2001-2002	Worcester Warriors
International career
Years	Team
1992-1999	England
1993	British and Irish Lions

Ben Clarke (born 15 April 1968),^[1] is a former England back-row international rugby union player.

Biography

Educated at Bishop's Stortford College,^[2] Clarke played for Bath Rugby from 1992 to 1996, before joining Richmond F.C. as the first £1-million player.^[3] He returned to Bath in 2000 for a second spell as captain,^[4] before knee injuries reduced his appearances and he left the club for a second time, joining Worcester Warriors as player/coach in 2001.^[5]

Clarke first played for England in November 1992 v South Africa.

In 1995 Clarke received the first yellow card in the sport, for stamping on the Irish player Simon Geoghegan, however, at the time the card was only shown as a warning and was not used to send players off.^[6]

Clarke toured New Zealand in 1993 with the British and Irish Lions. He had an excellent tour and was voted player of the tour.^{[citation needed]}

Clarke currently works as a money broker for BGC Partners. He worked there alongside Peter Winterbottom, until Winterbottom left in 2008.^[7]