Mark Birtwistle
| Birth name | Mark Leslie Birtwistle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1962-10-17) 17 October 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Bill Birtwistle (father) Beaudene Birtwistle (son)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Leslie Birtwistle (born 17 October 1962, Auckland) is a former New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player. He played as lock.
Contents
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 References
4 External links
Career
He debuted in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, in the match against Wales at Cardiff, on 6 October 1991. His last international match was against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road on 12 November 1996.
Personal life
He is the son of the former rugby player Bill Birtwistle,[2] who was a former three-quarter who played for Waikato and for the All Blacks in the 1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada. Currently, he is coach of the Suburbs Rugby Club from Auckland.[3] He is father of Beaudene Birtwistle, who plays as loose forward for Samoa Under-20 [4] and for Counties Manukau[5].
References
^ Sports' sons follow Fathers into national rugby colours
^ "Its always worth reading about again; the day Manu Samoa arrived on the Rugby World Cup scene - and beat Wales! | Keith Quinn Rugby | Thinking and talking about rugby every day for 50+ years". Keith Quinn Rugby. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2017-01-14..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Ex-pat fans and players test their loyalties
^ Discharge without conviction over 'king hit'
^ Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union - Home of the Steelers
External links
- Mark Birtwistle International Statistics
- Mark L. Birtwistle at New Zealand Rugby History
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