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Mark Griffin (rugby union)

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Mark Timothy Griffin MBE (born April 6, 1975, Oakham, Rutland) is a former rugby union player who represented the United States as a Hooker.[1] He is currently Commercial Director at USA Rugby.[2]

Griffin played for Durham University RFC as a student and later Old Blue R.F.C. in New York.[3] He made his USA debut against Spain at Fort Lauderdale in 2003.[1] He won his ninth and final cap against Romania at Chichibunomiya in Tokyo during the 2005 Toshiba Super Cup.[1] He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 New Year Honours for "services to charitable causes and youth development in the USA".

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  1. ^ a b c "Mark Timothy Griffin". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Griffin MBE". LinkedIn. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ Moyes, Arthur (2007). Be The Best You Can Be: A History of Sport in Hatfield College, Durham University. Durham: Hatfield Trust. pp. 162–163.