Mark Richard Allen

Surname:

Allen

First names:

Mark Richard

Known by:

Bull

All Black Player No:

933

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1993 - 1997

Clubs:

Stratford
University (Man)

Provincial teams:

Taranaki 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Central Vikings 1997
NZ Development Team 1990, 1994
NZ XV 1991, 1992, 1994
NZ Divisional Team 1996

Super teams:

Hurricanes 1996, 1997, 1998

Provincial captain:

Taranaki 1992 (Co), 1993, 1995
Central Vikings 1997
Evergreens 1993
NZRFU President XV 1995

Super captain:

Hurricanes 1996, 1997, 1998

Country captain:

NZ Divisional Team 1996

Biography:

1988: Prop - 2 games
1989: Prop - 13 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1990: Prop - 15 games
1990: NZ Development Team: Prop - 5 games - 4 tries (16 pts)
1991: Prop - 14 games - 3 tries (12 pts)
1991: Probables: Prop - 1 game
1991: NZ XV: Prop - 3 games - 1 try (4 pts)
1992: Prop - 16 games - 10 tries (2 @ 4) (48 pts)
1992: Possibles: Prop - 1 game - 1 try (4 pts)
1992: NZ XV: Prop - 3 games
1993: AB's: Prop - 1 test, 7 tour games
1993: Prop - 13 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1993: Evergreens: Prop - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1993: Possibles: 2nd game: Prop - 1 game
1993: NZ Trial: Possibles: Prop - 1 game
1994: Prop - 11 games - 1 try (5 pts)
1994: Possibles: Prop - 1 game
1994: NZ XV: Prop - 1 game
1994: NZ Developemt Team: Prop [4], Flanker [1] - 5 games
1995: AB's: Prop - 4 tour games - 1 try (5 pts)
1995: Prop - 19 games - 8 tries (40 pts)
1995: Possibles: Prop - 1 game
1995: Crusaders XV: Prop - 1 game
1995: NZRFU President XV: Prop - 2 games
1996: AB's: Prop - 1 test, 4 tour games
1996: Hu: Prop - 11 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1996: Prop - 7 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1996: NZ Presidents XV: Prop - 1 game - 1 try (5 pts)
1996: NZ Divisional Team: Prop - 2 games
1996: NZ Barbarians: Prop - 2 games
1997: AB's: Prop - 5 test, 4 tour games, Lock - 1 test - 1 try (5 pts)
1997: Hu: Prop - 12 games - 2 tries (10 pts)
1997: Prop - 12 games - 3 tries (15 pts)
1997: NZ Barbarians: Prop - 1 game
1998: Hu: Prop - 7 games - 1 try (5 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 8 test, 19 tour games (10 pts):
Super: 30 games (25 pts):
Prov: CV: 12 games (15 pts): Tar: 110 games (134 pts):
Others: 33 games (34 pts)

Total: 212 games (218 pts)

1995: 2nd Division Player of the Year

Born: 27 Jul 1967

Endorsement

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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