He was good and got better as he aged. never his biggest fan when he was playing from dummy half.
Gleeson Wood and Sullivan were much quicker at the play.

Good luck for the future, a great servant.

A point in Clarke's favour was he was one of the players that was capable of playing well when the team wasn't.

One of the weaknesses in the current team is we have a few players that are like barometers for the team's performance, when we play well they tear teams apart, when we are under the kosh from another team they go missing.

Clarke, like Wood, Westwood and Briers, was one that could play well in a garbage team performance and be in good form when the team was getting beaten every week. (Grix, Hill and Waterhouse are in this category from the current team).

Jon Clarke, the REAL person responsible for the kicking we gave Bradford bulls back in 2005, better known as the Chris bridge game

I guess he has the opportunity to put things right this weekend then FMC

Good luck to him but can't believe the love-in on here. The kindest thing I can say about him as a hooker is that he was 'limited'.

He was solid in centre defence and with ball in hand was consistent.
I'n the elk of Vinny Anderson.

Image of Vinnie Anderson straddling an Elk now. Unleash the Escape Goat!

I can't believe the love-in either but from a different perspective. A player who was actually and regularly booed by the neanderthals. I always thought his biggest problem was that he wasn't either Keiron Cunningham ( a once in a generation player) or a joker whose character appeared to be more important than his real ability.

How much ability did he have though? Not an explosive runner and ponderous with his distribution.

Not going to be a hypocrite so i'll admit i never rated him. He was better when he played at loose forward as his kicking was half decent and he backed up well. But hooker is in my opinion the most important position on the field and his decision making and distribution can be best described as average. And can we please stop using the word servant for people who were paid a decent wage for doing their job(that goes for any player!)

I didn't really rate him, and I felt Myler got left out of the 2010 cup final just so we could send Clarke on his way with a winner's medal, rather than because of any explosive form he'd shown. That said, he's impressed me more with his distribution since playing for Widnes.

I thought he shouldn't have played rugby ever again after that assault, and this is from someone who went to school with him.

He served his time in prison & was given another chance. Good luck to the lad . He served us well.

He didn't leave in 2010.