Mark Taylor (rugby player)

For other people named Mark Taylor, see Mark Taylor (disambiguation).

Mark Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Mark Taylor
Date of birth	(1973-02-27) 27 February 1973
Place of birth	Blaenavon, Wales
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School(s) attended	St. Peters School, Blaenavon Abersychan Comprehensive School Pontypool College
University(s)	Southampton University
Relatives	Ivor Taylor Paul Taylor
Club information
Position(s)	Centre
Current club	Ospreys
Youth clubs
Years Club 1989 ‐ 1992 Pontypool Youth RFC
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 1992 ‐ 95 1995 ‐ 2003 2003 ‐ 05 2005 ‐ 07 2007 ‐ 08 Pontypool RFC Swansea RFC Llanelli Scarlets Sale Sharks Ospreys 58 (61) 173 (335) 23 (15) 53 (15) 17 (0)
Representative teams
1994 ‐ 06 1994 ‐ 95 2001 Wales Barbarian F.C. British and Irish Lions 52 (60) 2 (5) 5 (10)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Mark Taylor (born 27 February 1973) is a former Wales international rugby union 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. 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, and has three sons.

External links

• Mark Taylor scoring the first try in the Millenium Stadium
• Taylor announces retirement
• Ospreys profile
• Wales profile
• Ospreys complete Taylor signing
• Taylor to captain Wales on North American tour
• Sales Sharks snap up Mark Taylor