Jon Clarke

Jon Clarke (born 4 April 1979) is an English former professional rugby league player who played as a . Jon is currently Head of Performance at Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL.He was previously the strength & conditioning coach for the England and British & Irish Lions rugby union teams. He played for the Wigan Warriors, London Broncos, Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings.

The Warrington Wolves fans voted him 'Greatest Hooker' in the club's history, beating John Thursfield and Mark Roskell into 2nd and 3rd place.

He was forced to rule himself out contention for the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.

Clarke played in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium.

It was announced on 6 September 2011 that Clarke would be joining Widnes Vikings in their forthcoming return to Super League.

Coaching career Clarke retired at the end of the 2014 season, and joined the coaching staff at Widnes.

Clarke was on the coaching staff of England RU at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. He was a strength and conditioning coach on the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.

On 28 Nov 2023 it was reported that he had taken up a role as head of performance at the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles