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Mark Bryant (rugby league)
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Mark Bryant is a professional rugby league
player who currently plays for Harlequins RL in the European Super League
. He has previously played for Crusaders RL and Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League
.His preferred position is prop.
While attending Cootamundra High School, Bryant played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.
Bryant started his NRL career with the Canberra Raiders in 2002. Playing only seven first grade games for the Raiders, Bryant moved to the Sea Eagles in 2005. With the Sea Eagles, he played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat to the Melbourne Storm
as well as the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the same opponents.
Bryant made the move to the European 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 Harlequins Rugby League, starting in 2012.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player who currently plays for Harlequins RL in the European Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
. He has previously played for Crusaders RL and Manly Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
.His preferred position is prop.
While attending Cootamundra High School, Bryant played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.
Bryant started his NRL career with the Canberra Raiders in 2002. Playing only seven first grade games for the Raiders, Bryant moved to the Sea Eagles in 2005. With the Sea Eagles, he played in the 2007 NRL grand final defeat to the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
as well as the 2008 NRL Grand Final victory over the same opponents.
Bryant made the move to the European 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 Harlequins Rugby League, starting in 2012.