Mark Hohn (; born 29 January 1964) is an Australian former

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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A front-rower, he represented Queensland in the State of Origin on nine occasions and played one Test for Australia as a reserve forward against

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in mid-1994. Hohn played club football in Australia for the

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and

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, and in England for

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Biography

While attending Pittsworth State High School, Hohn played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1981. He started his career with the Pittsworth Danes before moving to the

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premiership to play with the

. Hohn also spent a season with

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(1986–87). He joined the Brisbane Broncos upon their foundation in 1988, playing in their first ever match and going on to feature in the club's first and second premiership wins in 1992 and 1993. In the weeks following the 1992 Grand Final, Hohn travelled with the Broncos to England, where he played at second-row forward in the

1992 World Club Challenge The 1992 World Club Challenge match was contested by the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season champions Wigan Warriors, Wigan and the 1992 NSWRL season's premiers, the Brisbane Broncos. The match took place on Friday night, 30 October in Engla ...

against British champions

, helping Brisbane become the first NSWRL club to win the match in Britain After playing in the Broncos' grand final winning team again in 1993, Hohn also made his Queensland and Australian representative debuts in 1994, becoming the oldest Australian forward (at the age of 30) to make his Test début in the process. During the

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, Hohn played at second-row forward for defending premiers Brisbane when they hosted British champions

for the 1994 World Club Challenge. During the mid-1990s'

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Hohn left the Brisbane club to join cross-town ARL rivals, the

where he played out the remainder of his career.

References

External links

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Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohn, Mark 1964 births Australia national rugby league team players Rugby league players from Queensland Brisbane Broncos players Fortitude Valley Diehards players Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Living people People from Pittsworth, Queensland Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players South Queensland Crushers players 20th-century Australian sportsmen Wigan Warriors players Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Rugby league props