Fraser Waters

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| birth_name = Fraser Henry Hamilton Waters

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|3|31}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa

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| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}

| weight = 14 st 10 lbs (93 kg)

| school = Harrow School

| university = Bristol

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| relatives = Spouse: Felicity Waters

-Children: Freddy Waters and Albert Waters

-Sister: Sacha Waters

-Brother: Marcus D. N. Waters (born 2 December 1973)

-Friend: Christopher John Shepherd (born 19 February 1993)

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| ru_currentteam = Treviso

| ru_position = Centre

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| ru_clubyears = 1995–96
1996–98
1998–2008
2008–2012

| ru_proclubs = Bath
Bristol
London Wasps
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31

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| ru_nationalyears = 2001–04

| ru_nationalteam = England

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Fraser Henry Hamilton Waters (born 31 March 1976 in Cape Town) is an English former rugby union footballer who played at Centre for clubs including London Wasps and Treviso.

Biography

Waters grew up in Cape Town before moving, aged 11, with his family to Jersey in the Channel Islands. He was educated at Harrow School{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/rugby-union/article/lawrence-dallaglio-and-fraser-waters-in-wasps-farewell-89060dqk5l6|title = Lawrence Dallaglio and Fraser Waters in Wasps farewell}} and the University of Bristol.{{citation needed|date=December 2010}}

He started his professional career at Bath where in May 1996, he played in the cross-code games against Wigan,{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} who were then England's top union and league sides respectively.

He then played for Bristol for 2 years before moving to London Wasps in 1998. He was widely credited with orchestrating the renowned "blitz defence"{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} which helped the club to numerous trophies, including 4 Premiership and 2 Heineken Cup titles. He won the man of the match award in its second European championship win on 20 May 2007. The final, played at Twickenham, 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.[http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/76549.html Waters to join Treviso] 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wasps.co.uk/news/wasps34178.ink?newstype=N |title=Wasps News |access-date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902182809/http://www.wasps.co.uk/news/wasps34178.ink?newstype=N |archive-date=2 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}