Date of birth | 19 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Clark (born 19 December 2001) is an English rugby union player who plays as a lock for Gloucester in the English Premiership.
His family family own a farm at Todenham in the Cotswolds. He studied agricultural farming at Hartpury College. He played junior rugby with Stow-on-the-Wold, before joining the Gloucester academy. He was called up for the England U18s, although the Covid-19 pandemic forced the games to be cancelled. [2]
Clark made a try scoring first-team Premiership Rugby debut in a win over Worcester Warriors and also went on to start against Bath Rugby a week later in September 2022. [3] He captained Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby Cup at the start of the 2023-24 season. [4] He had made 19 appearances in total for the club prior to signing for Harlequins on a short term loan in January 2024. [5]
Playing for the England national under-20 rugby union team he won the U20 Six Nations Championship in 2021. [6] In February 2024 he was called up the England A team. [7]
His father Barry Clark was also a rugby union player who played for Gloucester in the 1980s. [8]