Mark Bryant (born 10 April 1981) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the London Broncos in the Super League. He had previously played for Crusaders and Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He played as a prop.
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| Full name | Mark Bryant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1981 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life edit
While attending Cootamundra High School, Bryant played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.[4]
Playing career edit
Bryant started his NRL career with the Canberra Raiders in 2002. Playing only seven first grade games for the Canberra club, Bryant moved to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2005. With Manly, he played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat by the Melbourne Storm[5] as well as the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the same opponents.[6]
Bryant made the move to the Super League for the 2009 season to play for the Crusaders in their first Super League campaign. Following the demise of the Crusaders, Byrant joined London Broncos, starting in 2012.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Crusaders Rugby League". web page. Crusaders Rugby League Club. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ RLP
- ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
- ^ "Factfile on 2007 grand final". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 29 September 2008.
- ^ "Grand final: As it happened". Australia: Fox Sports. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ Mellars makes Wildcats move Archived 14 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 1 August 2011