Mark Bell (rugby union)
| Full name | Mark Douglas Bell | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 September 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Angus Bell (son) | ||||||||||||||||
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Mark Douglas Bell (born 5 September 1968) is an Australian former rugby union international.
Bell, born in Sydney, attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, where he featured in the 1st XV premiership team of 1986 which went undefeated. He subsequently won a place on the Australian Schools side for a tour of New Zealand.[1]
A hooker, Bell played for Northern Suburbs and earned his first Wallabies call up in 1993 for a tour of France, as a back up for Phil Kearns. By 1996, he was considered around fourth in line to play hooker for the Wallabies, but after a series of injuries to his positional rivals gained a cap in a Test against Canada at Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane.[2]
Bell is the father of Wallabies prop Angus Bell.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mark Douglas Bell". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Bell cruises into Test". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 June 1996.
- ^ Decent, Tom (11 February 2020). "'He has a deeply ingrained winning attitude': Son of a Wallaby to make starting debut for Waratahs". The Sydney Morning Herald.