Mark Taylor (born 27 February 1973) is a former

Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team ( cy, Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents Wales in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played thei ...

player who played at

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. He is a former captain of Wales and was the first person to score a try at the newly built

Millennium Stadium The Millennium Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Principality) for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rug ...

against South Africa in 1999. He signed for

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from

Llanelli Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...

in April 2005 and in 2007 he returned to Wales to play rugby for the

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. In the 2005–2006 season, Taylor started the final as

won their first Premiership title. He retired at the end of the 2007–2008 season. He works part-time as a Chartered Account for H J Phillips (Peugeot), Llanelli and has done so since 1998. He is married to Nicola, Director of H J Phillips. Mark was previously the Team Manager for the Wales U20s national rugby union squad. Mark finished with the WRU u20's in July 2016 In August 2016 he became the Scarlets Team Manager

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Mark 1973 births Living people Alumni of the University of Southampton Barbarian F.C. players Blaenavon RFC players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Llanelli RFC players Ospreys (rugby union) players People educated at Abersychan Comprehensive School Pontypool RFC players Rugby union centres Rugby union players from Blaenavon Sale Sharks players Scarlets players Swansea RFC players Wales international rugby union players Wales rugby union captains Welsh rugby union players