Mark Bennett (rugby union, born 1993)

Mark Bennett

Birth name	Mark Stewart Bennett
Date of birth	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–10 2010–11 Cumnock Ayr () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2017 2017– Glasgow Warriors Clermont Auvergne Glasgow Warriors Edinburgh Rugby 1 0 65 42 (0) (0) (110) (67) Correct as of 9 November 2020 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2013 2014– Scotland U20 Scotland 23 22 (45) (30) Correct as of 18 June 2018 National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2013– 2016 Scotland 7s GB 7s 2 (35) 1 (10)
hide Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
17th Sir Willie Purves Quaich
In office 2016–2016
Preceded by	Finn Russell
Succeeded by	Magnus Bradbury

Mark Stewart Bennett (born 3 February 1993) is a Scottish rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Edinburgh Rugby in the Pro14.

Rugby union career[]

Amateur career[]

Bennett started his career playing for Cumnock before moving to Ayr RFC and winning the Scottish Premiership in 2011.

Professional career[]

He also made his senior debut for Glasgow in 2011 and secured a move to French side ASM Clermont Auvergne.^[1] A serious knee injury disrupted his season, and he returned to Glasgow in 2012 to join the Warriors on loan^[2] with the move being made permanent in 2013.^[3]

On 14 February 2017, Edinburgh Rugby announced that they had signed him on a three-year deal and that he would begin playing for them from the summer.^[4]

International career[]

Bennett has represented Scotland at Under 18 level four times and played 21 times at under-20 level including appearances at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 IRB Junior World Championships.^[5][6]

Bennett was named in Vern Cotter's first ever squad for Scotland's 2014 summer tour, but failed to play in any of the four games. He was reselected in Scotland's squad for the 2014 Autumn Internationals, making his debut in Scotland's 41–31 victory over Argentina on 8 November 2014.

After establishing himself in the squad, Bennett played in all five of Scotland's matches in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, notching tries against Italy and England. He also had a potentially decisive try against Wales controversially disallowed, after team-mate Sam Hidalgo-Clyne was incorrectly judged to have knocked-on when fouled near the try line.

After recovering from an injury which ruled him out of the run-in to Glasgow Warriors' 2014–15 Pro12 title triumph, Bennett was selected in Scotland's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.^[7] He scored two tries in the team's opening match victory over Japan.^[8] Bennett was nominated for "Breakthrough Player of the Year" by World Rugby after the tournament.^[9]

He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References[]

External links[]

• Mark Bennett at the International Olympic Committee
• Mark Bennett at Team GB
• Mark Bennett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)