Full name | Mark Henry James Douglas | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1960-12-10) 10 December 1960 (age 64) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aberystwyth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Mark Henry James Douglas (born 10 December 1960) is a Welsh former rugby union international.
Born in Aberystwyth, Douglas was a scrum-half for Llanelli and London Welsh during the 1980s.
Douglas was capped three times for Wales in the 1984 Five Nations Championship, filling in for injured scrum-half Terry Holmes. On his debut against Scotland, he fumbled a likely try in the last play of the game which would have given Wales a kick to win. He also faced off with Ireland and France, before Holmes returned for the final fixture.
In the 1990s, Douglas played for English clubs Northampton and Coventry
Douglas was still competing in first-class rugby into his 40s with his local club Lampeter Town. He comes from the village of Cwmann near Lampeter and runs an abattoir business there with his brothers
See also
References
- "Rugby Union: Saint Douglas arises". The Independent. 1 October 1992.
- "Scots Hammer the Welsh Again". Sunday Mercury. 22 January 1984.
- "Call for Holmes". Daily Mirror. 5 March 1984.
- "Coventry give international flavour to team". The Birmingham Post. 17 March 1993.
- Woolford, Anthony (13 July 2020). "Wales rugby internationals found playing into their 40s and 50s in lower leagues". Wales Online.
- "Douglas dream is just the job". Daily Mirror. 19 January 1984.
- "Albanian interest in Welsh meat". Wales Online. 5 July 2004.
External links
- Mark Douglas at ESPNscrum