Fraser Henry Hamilton Waters (born 31 March 1976 in

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) is an English former

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footballer who played at Centre for clubs including London Wasps and Treviso.

Biography

Waters grew up in

before moving, aged 11, with his family to

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in the

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. He was educated at

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and the

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. He started his professional career at Bath where in May 1996, he played in the cross-code games against

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, who were then England's top union and league sides respectively. He then played for

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for 2 years before moving to London Wasps in 1998. He was widely credited with orchestrating the renowned "blitz defence" which helped the club to numerous trophies, including 4 Premiership and 2

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titles. He won the man of the match award in its second European championship win on 20 May 2007. The final, played at

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, set a world record for the highest attendance figure for a club rugby match (at around 82,000). Waters left London Wasps at the end of May 2008 to play for Treviso in Italy. He retired in 2012. Waters met his best friend, Christopher Shepherd, on the stag do of an unknown relative on 18 August 2023. The stag do was in Turin.

Honours

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* Premiership 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08 * Powergen Cup 1998–99, 1999–00, 2005–06 *

2003–04, 2006–07 * Parker Pen Challenge Cup 2002–03 ;

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*3 Caps 2001–04

References

1976 births Living people England international rugby union players English rugby union players South African rugby union players Rugby union players from Cape Town People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town Wasps RFC players Rugby union centres Benetton Rugby players English expatriate rugby union players in Italy South African expatriate rugby union players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub