Mark Bennett (rugby union, born 1993)

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Mark Bennett
Birth nameMark Stewart Bennett
Date of birth (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birthIrvine, Scotland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2011 Glasgow Warriors 1 (0)
2011–2012 Clermont Auvergne 0 (0)
2012–2017 Glasgow Warriors 65 (110)
2017– Edinburgh Rugby 88 (118)
Correct as of 26 April 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2013 Scotland U20 23 (45)
2014–2022 Scotland 29 (40)
2022 Scotland 'A' 1 (0)
Correct as of 13 April 2023
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013–2014 Scotland 7s 4 (55)
2016 GB 7s 1 (10)
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
17th Sir Willie Purves Quaich
In office
2016–2016
Preceded byFinn Russell
Succeeded byMagnus Bradbury

Mark Stewart Bennett (born 3 February 1993) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.

Rugby union career[edit]

Amateur career[edit]

Bennett started his career playing for Cumnock before moving to Ayr RFC and winning the Scottish Premiership in 2011.

Professional career[edit]

He also made his senior debut for Glasgow in 2011 and secured a move to French side ASM Clermont Auvergne.[1] A serious knee injury disrupted his season, and he returned to Glasgow in 2012 to join the Warriors on loan[2] with the move being made permanent in 2013.[3]

On 14 February 2017, Edinburgh Rugby announced that they had signed him on a three-year deal and that he would begin playing for them from the summer.[4]

International career[edit]

Bennett has represented Scotland at Under 18 level four times and played 21 times at under-20 level including appearances at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 IRB Junior World Championships.[5][6]

Bennett was named in Vern Cotter's first ever squad for Scotland's 2014 summer tour, but failed to play in any of the four games. He was reselected in Scotland's squad for the 2014 Autumn Internationals, making his debut in Scotland's 41–31 victory over Argentina on 8 November 2014.

After establishing himself in the squad, Bennett played in all five of Scotland's matches in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, notching tries against Italy and England. He also had a potentially decisive try against Wales controversially disallowed, after team-mate Sam Hidalgo-Clyne was judged to have knocked-on when fouled near the try line.

After recovering from an injury which ruled him out of the run-in to Glasgow Warriors' 2014–15 Pro12 title triumph, Bennett was selected in Scotland's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[7] He scored two tries in the team's opening match victory over Japan.[8] Bennett was nominated for "Breakthrough Player of the Year" by World Rugby after the tournament.[9] During the 2022 Six Nations Championship, Bennet was called up to the international squad and made his international return as a replacement in the loss to France at BT Murrayfield.

He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won silver after losing the gold medal match to Fiji.

International tries[edit]

As of 3 July 2022.[10]
Try Opposing Team Venue Competition Date Result Score
1  Italy Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2015 Six Nations 28 February 2015 Loss 19-22
2  England Twickenham Stadium, London 2015 Six Nations 14 March 2015 Loss 25-13
3  Italy Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-ups 29 August 2015 Win 48-7
4  Japan Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester 2015 Rugby World Cup 23 September 2015 Win 10-45
5
6  Australia Twickenham Stadium, London 2015 Rugby World Cup 18 October 2015 Loss 35-34
7  Argentina Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy 2022 Summer Internationals 2 July 2022 Loss 26-18
8  Argentina Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta 9 July 2022 Win 6-29

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mark Bennett joins Clermont Auvergne". Glasgow Warriors. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Mark Bennett joins Glasgow on loan". Glasgow Warriors. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Glasgow Warriors sign Mark Bennett from Clermont Auvergne". Telegraph. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors". BBC News. 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Mark Bennett Scotland Under 20 Player Profile". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Mark Bennett IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Cotter names 31-man Scotland squad - Scottish Rugby". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Scotland 45-10 Japan". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "Rugby World Cup 2015: Mark Bennett in running for world award". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Mark Bennett". 3 July 2022.

External links[edit]

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