Mark Riley (born 16 June 1967 in New Zealand) is a former
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
footballer. He played for a number of
English rugby league sides during the 1990s.
Playing career
While playing for the
Otahuhu Leopards
The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland. Founded in 1911 Auckland Rugby League season, 1911, the club has produced 49 New Zealand national rugby league team players. The club competes in the Fox Memorial compet ...
in the
Auckland Rugby League
The Auckland Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Founded in 1909, the ARL has played a pivotal role in the development and promotion of rugby league in Auckland and beyond.
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competition in 1990 he won the Best and Fairest award.
Auckland’s best and fairest
''Auckland Rugby League''
A , Riley enjoyed a particularly successful season with the then London Crusaders in 1990–91, when he and Mark Johnson each challenged for the title of leading try-scorer in the second tier of English rugby league. He later went on to play a part in a successful promotion winning season with Swinton Lions
The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the RFL League 1 . The club has won the Rugby Football League Championship, Championship six times and three Challenge Cups ...
in 1996, breaking the club's most tries in a match record, scoring 6 vs Prescot Panthers, 11 August 1996.
References
External links
Rugby League Project
1967 births
Living people
London Broncos players
New Zealand rugby league players
Otahuhu Leopards players
Rugby league halfbacks
Swinton Lions players
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