Mark Harding (rugby union)

Mark Harding

Full name	Mark Anthony Harding
Date of birth	(1955-12-28)28 December 1955
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	26 September 2024(2024-09-26) (aged 68)
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1983 Australia 1 (0)

Mark Anthony Harding (28 December 1955 – 26 September 2024) was an Australian rugby union international. ^[1]

Harding was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. He attended Christchurch Boys' High School, captaining the school's 1st XV in 1973. Before relocating to Australia in 1980, he was a New Zealand rugby representative at underage level, as well as a member of the New Zealand national water polo team. ^[2]

A prop, Harding played for Sydney clubs St. George and Port Hacking. He earned a Wallabies call up for the 1983 tour of Europe and was capped in a Test against Italy at Rovigo, as part of an inexperienced front row. ^[3]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

1. "Mark Anthony Harding". classicwallabies.com.au.
2. "Rugby nomad seeks one more scalp". The Sydney Morning Herald . 14 April 1983.
3. "Wallaby front row faces heavy test". The Canberra Times . 26 October 1983. p. 44 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Mark Harding at ESPNscrum ( archive )