Mark Taylor

Welsh rugby union footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroWelsh rugby union footballer
PlacesUnited Kingdom
isAthlete Rugby union player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth27 February 1973, Blaenavon, United Kingdom
Age51 years
Star signPisces
Education
University of Southampton
Sports Teams
Barbarians
Wales national rugby union team
Sale Sharks
Llanelli RFC
Scarlets
Swansea RFC
Ospreys
Pontypool RFC
The details

Biography

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

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