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Mark Hopley
Mark Hopley (born in Crewe, England) was a rugby union player for Northampton Saints in the Guinness Premiership. He played as a flanker and started his playing career at Whitchurch Rugby Club in Shropshire. Like his fellow Northampton team mate Ben Foden, he was educated at Bishop Heber High School in Malpas, Cheshire. He is tall and weighs He made his debut for Northampton Saints in 2005 against Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ... but really started to shine in the 2007/8 season where he dominated the number 8 shirt. He made 21 appearances and scored 3 tries. He is now the Saints Academy coach, working alongside the other coaches in developing local talent. References * * External linksGuinness Premiership profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston, Shavington cum Gresty and Wistaston. Crewe is perhaps best known as a large railway junction and home to Crewe Works; for many years, it was a major railway engineering facility for manufacturing and overhauling locomotives, but now much reduced in size. From 1946 until 2002, it was also the home of Rolls-Royce motor car production. The Pyms Lane factory on the west of the town now exclusively produces Bentley motor cars. Crewe is north of London, south of Manchester city centre, and south of Liverpool city centre. History Medieval The name derives from an Old Welsh word ''criu'', meaning ' weir' or 'crossing'. The earliest record is in the Domesday Book, where it is written as ''Creu''. Modern Until the Grand Junction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
