Mark Riley (born 16 June 1967 in New Zealand) is a former
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer. He played for a number of
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rugby league sides during the 1990s.
Playing career
While playing for the
Otahuhu Leopards
The Otahuhu Leopards are a rugby league club based in Otahuhu, 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 competit ...
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. It is responsible for rugby league in the region, including both club and school rugby league. It began in 1910 when the fi ...
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 Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...
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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