Career
Clarkin started playing polo in his early twenties. He was known internationally as "Mr Polo". He also compete as a show-jumper and eventer, and he was a keen huntsman.
Emma Clarkin, who was studying law at the time of her death in a car accident at the age of 19.
Matthew Clarkin playing TOP 14 rugby in 2011 as captain of Union Bordeaux Bègles in France. He died playing polo in at the Cirencester Park Polo Club in Cirencester, England, after falling during a game in which he was reputedly "playing a blinder".