Mark Taylor (rugby player)

Not to be confused with Mark Taylor (New Zealand rugby player).

For other people named Mark Taylor, see Mark Taylor (disambiguation).

Mark Taylor
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1973-02-27) 27 February 1973
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)
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 is currently team manager for the Wales U20s national rugby union squad.

References

↑ "Sale 45-20 Leicester". BBC. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links

British and Irish Lions – 2001 Australia tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Charvis Corry Dallaglio Davidson Greening Grewcock Hill Johnson (c) Leonard McBryde Morris Murray O'Kelly Quinnell Smith Taylor Wallace West Williams Wood Vickery Young

Backs	Balshaw Catt Cohen Dawson Gibbs Greenwood Healey Henderson Howe Howley James Jenkins Luger Nicol O'Driscoll O'Gara Perry Robinson Taylor Wilkinson

Coach	Henry

Wales squad – 1999 Rugby World Cup

Charvis Evans Humphreys Jenkins A. Lewis G. Lewis G. Llewellyn Moore C. Quinnell S. Quinnell Rogers Sinkinson Voyle Williams Wyatt Young Bateman Davies Gibbs Howarth Howley James Jenkins Jones Jones-Hughes D. Llewellyn Morgan Taylor Thomas Walne Coach: Henry

Wales squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett Charvis (c) Cockbain Davies Jenkins A. Jones Da. Jones Du. Jones Llewellyn McBryde Popham Sidoli I. Thomas J. Thomas M. Williams Wyatt

Backs	Cooper Evans Harris M. Jones S. Jones Morgan Parker Peel Shanklin Sweeney Taylor G. Thomas R. Williams S. Williams

Coach: Hansen

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