Mark Brokenshire

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Mark Brokenshire
Personal information
Born (1961-02-28) 28 February 1961 (age 61)
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1987–88 Manly Sea Eagles 240000
1990–94 Canterbury Bulldogs 790000
Total1030000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1986 NSW Country 10000
Source: [1]

Mark Brokenshire (born 28 February 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for Manly and Canterbury-Bankstown in the NSWRL competition during the 1980s and 1990s.

Playing career

Brokenshire started his first grade career at Manly in 1987 but was not a part of the grand final winning team of that season.

In 1990, Brokenshire moved to Canterbury and played in the 1994 grand final defeat against the Canberra Raiders.

Brokenshire retired at the end of 1994 and went his entire first grade career without scoring a try. [2]

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References

  1. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Mark Brokenshire - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Run of shame: Try-less players await their fate". 16 August 2012.