Alistair "Ali" Hepher (born 3 October 1974) is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player and coach. He played at Fly-half for

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. Since retiring from playing he has worked as a coach at

Bedford RFC Bedford Blues are a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The Blues are a semi-pro ...

, Northampton and Exeter Chiefs.

Club career

Hepher was part of the Northampton team that won the

2000 Heineken Cup Final The 2000 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup, the fifth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 27 May 2000 at Twickenham Stadium in London. The match was contested by Nort ...

International career

Hepher was called up to the senior England squad by

Clive Woodward Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions ...

for the

2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa Matches :''Scores and results list England's points tally first.'' Touring party *Manager: Clive Woodward *Assistant Manager: Andy Robinson *Captain: Martin Johnson Full back Matt Perry (Bath Rugby), Tim Stimpson (Leicester Tigers), Rob T ...

as a replacement for Alex King. However he was ultimately never capped at this level.

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Career profile
1974 births Living people English rugby union players Northampton Saints players Rugby union players from Ashington {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub