Born: 29 May, 1991 – High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Rochelle ‘Rocky’ Clark is the world’s most-capped women’s front-row and England’s second most-capped player of all time with 137 tests to her name. At the time of her international retirement in 2018, the prop held the record for most England test appearances, men’s or women’s.

Clark made her England debut off the bench against Canada in 2003 and enjoyed a 15-year career at the top, scoring 24 tries for her country. She played in four Women’s Rugby World Cups, with England crowned world champions on her third attempt in France in 2014.

One of the game’s big personalities, Clark also won eight Women’s Six Nations titles and had a reputation as one of the most powerful scrummagers in the game.

She was given the nickname Rocky when she was awarded her first England cap against Canada after the Rocky Mountains to mark the moment! The England forwards coach Graham Smith from then on went on to have the biggest impact on her playing career.

Clark tried her hand at a number of sports growing up but settled on rugby after just two training sessions at Beaconsfield RFC in her home county of Buckinghamshire and progressing to Henley RFC.

While at university, Clark played for Clifton and then Blaydon before joining Worcester, where the loose-head played the majority of her senior club rugby. In her eight years there, Worcester broke the stranglehold of London clubs by winning the Women’s Premiership title in 2013. She finished up at Wasps, Saracens and then Leicester, in a player-coach capacity at the latter two clubs. She also played for the Barbarian Women on four occasions.

Clark, who was awarded an MBE for her services to rugby in 2015, is now an accomplished commentator, speaker and presenter. She also remains fully involved in rugby as a player/coach to the Buckingham Swans, as well as working as a sports coach at Bedford Modern School.