Rugby player
| Birth name | Mark Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1973-02-27) 27 February 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Taylor (born 27 February 1973) is a former Wales national rugby union team 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 Premiership title. 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 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
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Southampton
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Blaenavon RFC players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
- Llanelli RFC players
- Ospreys (rugby union) players
- People educated at Abersychan Comprehensive School
- Pontypool RFC players
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from Blaenavon
- Sale Sharks players
- Scarlets players
- Swansea RFC players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales rugby union captains
- Welsh rugby union players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players