Mark Bennett (Welsh rugby player)

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Mark Bennett
Birth nameAnthony Mark Bennett
Date of birth (1968-01-26) 26 January 1968 (age 51)
Place of birth Neath, Wales
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
SchoolLlangatwg Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1989-1990
1990-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999		 Swansea RFC
Cardiff RFC
Neath RFC
Bristol RFC 		5
114
12
29		 4
74
5
?
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1995 Wales 3 5

Anthony Mark Bennett (born 26 January 1969) is a Welsh International rugby union player. He made three appearances for his country, as well as representing Swansea RFC, Cardiff RFC and Neath RFC in the top division of Welsh club rugby, and Bristol RFC in English club rugby. Following his retirement from playing, Bennett became a strength and conditioning coach, holding the position of conditioning coach for the Welsh national team for four years.

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Rugby career

Bennett made five appearances for Swansea RFC during the 1989/90 season. [1] He moved to Cardiff RFC for the 1990/91 season, where he spend the majority of his playing career. [2] It was while at Cardiff that Bennett made all three of his appearances for the Wales national team. His début came at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, against New Zealand. He made one appearance in Wales' 1995 tour of South Africa, during which he scored a try, and his only victory for Wales came in his final game and only home appearance, against Fiji during their tour of Wales and Ireland. [3]

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In October 1997, he moved to Neath RFC where he remained for the remainder of the 1997/98 season. [4] He joined English club Bristol RFC for the 1998/99 season, and was made club captain. Bristol has been relegated to the second tier of English rugby the previous season, but finished top of the division to win promotion back to the Premiership. [5]

Bennett retired from playing in 1999, and moved to a position with Bristol as a strength & conditioning coach. Following a spell working with Llanelli Scarlets and the Celtic Warriors regional teams, [6] Bennett joined the Wales national team coaching setup in 2004. During his time in the position, Wales won two Six Nations Grand Slams in 2005 and 2008. He left his position with the national team in 2009 to take up a position as the conditioning coach for the Ospreys regional team. [7] Bennett returned to Bristol Rugby for the 2014/15 season as Head of Performance. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark Bennett Playing Summary". Swansea Rugby Football Club.
  2. ↑ "Mark Bennett Playing Summary". Cardiff Rugby Football Club.
  3. ↑ "Player - Mark Bennett (Wales)". ESPN Scrum.
  4. ↑ "Mark Bennett Playing Summary". Neath Rugby Football Club.
  5. 1 2 "Bennett Joins As Head Of Performance". Bristol Rugby. 2014-06-17.
  6. ↑ Joy, Andrew (2014-08-13). "Mark Bennett Q&A". Force Strength & Conditioning. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Ospreys land Wales fitness coach". BBC Sport Online. 2009-05-19.
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