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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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.