Phil Clarke

Philip Clarke (born 16 May 1971) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or , he played his club rugby league in England for Wigan (with whom he won five consecutive Challenge Cup Finals from 1991 to 1995), and in Australia for the Sydney City Roosters. Although he made a full recovery, he was warned by doctors never to play rugby league again.

Post-playing career Clarke was Wigan's chief executive from 1997 to 1998, when they won the Grand Final of Super League III.

He became a Sky Sports commentator in 1999 alongside Bill Arthur on Academy matches and moved on to work with Eddie Hemmings and Mike "Stevo" Stephenson on Super League broadcasts.

In March 2006 he left the position of Great Britain team manager after five years, having become part of the Great Britain set-up in 2001. He said 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."

He was a director of The Sports Office, a sports software company until his resignation in January 2020.

In February 2019 Phil became a Full Member of the St Helens Rugby League Referees Society.