Mark Birtwistle
Birth name | Mark Leslie Birtwistle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 October 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Bill Birtwistle (uncle) (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Leslie Birtwistle (born 17 October 1962, in Auckland) is a New Zealand-born Samoan former rugby union footballer. He played as lock.
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 nephew of the former rugby union footballer Bill Birtwistle,[1] 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 from Auckland.[2] He is father of , who plays as loose forward for Samoa Under-20[3][4] and for Counties Manukau.
References[]
- ^ Luxford, Bob. "Bill Birtwistle". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Richard Boock (15 June 2001). "Ex-pat fans and players test their loyalties". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Sports' sons follow Fathers into national rugby colours". Talamua. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Discharge without conviction over 'king hit'". New Zealand Herald. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Samoan rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Samoa international rugby union players
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs