Mark Taylor (rugby player)
Date of birth | 27 February 1973 | ||
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Place of birth | Blaenavon, Wales | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | ||
School | Abersychan Comprehensive School Pontypool College | ||
University | Southampton University | ||
Notable relative(s) | Ivor Taylor (father) | ||
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Centre, Wing | ||
Youth clubs | |||
Blaenavon | |||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1992-1995 1995-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 |
Pontypool Swansea Scarlets Sale Ospreys |
53 173 23 43 17 |
(51) (330) (15) (15) (0) |
National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1994-2005 | Wales | 52 | (60) |
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club / team | ||
2008-2010 2010- 2012- |
Wales U18 Team Manager Wales U20 Team Manager Aberavon Backs |
Mark Taylor (born 27 February 1973) is a former Wales international rugby union player who played at centre. He is a former captain of Wales and was the first person to score a try at the newly built Millennium Stadium against South Africa in 1999. He signed for Sale Sharks from Llanelli Scarlets in April 2005 and in 2007 he returned to Wales to play rugby for the Ospreys. In the 2005–2006 season, Taylor started the final as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[1] He retired at the end of the 2007–2008 season.
He works part-time as a Chartered Account for H J Phillips (Peugeot), Llanelli and has done so since 1998. He is married to Nicola, Director of H J Phillips. Mark has three sons.
Mark was previously the Team Manager for the Wales U20s national rugby union squad. Mark finished with the WRU u20's in July 2016 In August 2016 he became the Scarlets Team Manager
References
- ↑ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
External links
- Mark Taylor scoring the first try in the Millennium Stadium
- Taylor announces retirement
- Ospreys profile
- Wales profile
- Ospreys complete Taylor signing
- Taylor to captain Wales on North American tour
- Sales Sharks snap up Mark Taylor