| Birth name | Mark Leslie Birtwistle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1962-10-17)17 October 1962 (age 62) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Bill Birtwistle (uncle) Beaudene Birtwistle (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Leslie Birtwistle (born 17 October 1962, inAuckland) is a New Zealand-born Samoan formerrugby union footballer. He played aslock.
He debuted in the1991 Rugby World Cup, in the match againstWales atCardiff, on 6 October 1991.[1][2] His last international match was againstIreland, atLansdowne Road on 12 November 1996.
He is the nephew of the former rugby union footballerBill Birtwistle,[3] who was a formerthree-quarter who played forWaikato and for theAll Blacks in the1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada. Currently, he is coach of theSuburbs Rugby Club fromAuckland.[4] He is father ofBeaudene Birtwistle, who plays as loose forward forSamoa Under-20[5][6] and forCounties Manukau.
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