Will Cliff
English rugby union player
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William Cliff (born 17 October 1988) is an English former rugby union player. His position was scrum-half and he made the majority of his career appearances at Sale Sharks.
17 October 1988
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| Born | William Cliff 17 October 1988 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 1 lb (83 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Cliff came through the academy of Sale Sharks and made his senior club debut in 2007.[2][3] In April 2008 he scored his first try for Sale during their 49–24 win over CA Brive in the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final.[4] Later that month he featured in their semi-final elimination against Bath.[5]
Cliff joined Glasgow Warriors in 2010 with a view to getting a loan deal with the club but registration problems meant that the deal fell through and he returned to Sale.[6] He spent the 2011–12 RFU Championship campaign with Yorkshire Carnegie.[7]
After making 113 appearance in his first spell at the club, Cliff left Sale to join Bristol Bears in 2015.[3][7] In his first season he scored a try in the 2015–16 RFU Championship play-off final against Doncaster Knights which Bristol won to seal promotion to the top flight.[8]
After two seasons with Bristol, Cliff returned to Sale in 2017.[2] He started in the 2019–20 Premiership Rugby Cup final which saw Sale beat Harlequins to win their first silverware for fourteen years.[9] In 2023 it was announced that Cliff had retired.[10]
