Mark Bennett (rugby union, born 1993) explained

Mark Bennett
Birth Name:Mark Stewart Bennett
Birth Date:3 February 1993
Birth Place:Irvine, Scotland
Height:1.83 m
Weight:900NaN0
Ru Position:Centre
Years1:2010–2011
Years2:2011–2012
Years3:2012–2017
Years4:2017–
Clubs1:Glasgow Warriors
Clubs2:Clermont Auvergne
Clubs3:Glasgow Warriors
Clubs4:Edinburgh Rugby
Apps1:1
Apps2:0
Apps3:65
Apps4:88
Points1:0
Points2:0
Points3:110
Points4:118
Ru Clubupdate:26 April 2023
Repyears1:2011–2013
Repyears2:2014–2022
Repyears3:2022
Repteam1:Scotland U20
Repteam2:Scotland
Repteam3:Scotland 'A'
Repcaps1:23
Repcaps2:29
Repcaps3:1
Reppoints1:45
Reppoints2:40
Reppoints3:0
Ru Ntupdate:13 April 2023
Repsevensyears1:2013–2014
Repsevensyears2:2016
Repsevensteam1:Scotland 7s
Repsevensteam2:GB 7s
Repsevenscomp1:4 (55)
Repsevenscomp2:1 (10)
Module2:
Embed:yes
Office:Sir Willie Purves Quaich
Term Start:2016
Term End:2016
Order:17th

Mark Stewart Bennett (born 3 February 1993) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Bennett started his career playing for Cumnock before moving to Ayr RFC and winning the Scottish Premiership in 2011.

Professional career

He also made his senior debut for Glasgow in 2011 and secured a move to French side ASM Clermont Auvergne.[1] A serious knee injury disrupted his season, and he returned to Glasgow in 2012 to join the Warriors on loan[2] with the move being made permanent in 2013.[3]

On 14 February 2017, Edinburgh Rugby announced that they had signed him on a three-year deal and that he would begin playing for them from the summer.[4]

International career

Bennett has represented Scotland at Under 18 level four times and played 21 times at under-20 level including appearances at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 IRB Junior World Championships.[5] [6]

Bennett was named in Vern Cotter's first ever squad for Scotland's 2014 summer tour, but failed to play in any of the four games. He was reselected in Scotland's squad for the 2014 Autumn Internationals, making his debut in Scotland's 41–31 victory over Argentina on 8 November 2014.

After establishing himself in the squad, Bennett played in all five of Scotland's matches in the 2015 Six Nations Championship, notching tries against Italy and England. He also had a potentially decisive try against Wales controversially disallowed, after team-mate Sam Hidalgo-Clyne was judged to have knocked-on when fouled near the try line.

After recovering from an injury which ruled him out of the run-in to Glasgow Warriors' 2014–15 Pro12 title triumph, Bennett was selected in Scotland's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[7] He scored two tries in the team's opening match victory over Japan.[8] Bennett was nominated for "Breakthrough Player of the Year" by World Rugby after the tournament.[9] During the 2022 Six Nations Championship, Bennet was called up to the international squad and made his international return as a replacement in the loss to France at BT Murrayfield.

He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics where the team won silver after losing the gold medal match to Fiji.

International tries

[10]

TryOpposing Team Venue Competition Date Result Score
1Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2015 Six NationsLoss19-22
2Twickenham Stadium, London2015 Six NationsLoss25-13
3Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2015 Rugby World Cup warm-upsWin48-7
4Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester2015 Rugby World CupWin10-45
5
6Twickenham Stadium, London2015 Rugby World CupLoss35-34
7Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy2022 Summer InternationalsLoss26-18
8Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, SaltaWin6-29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Bennett joins Clermont Auvergne . Glasgow Warriors . 12 May 2011 . 9 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Mark Bennett joins Glasgow on loan . Glasgow Warriors . 12 November 2012 . 9 September 2013.
  3. Web site: Glasgow Warriors sign Mark Bennett from Clermont Auvergne . Telegraph . 28 February 2013 . 9 September 2013.
  4. News: Mark Bennett: Scotland centre to join Edinburgh from Glasgow Warriors . BBC News . 14 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Mark Bennett Scotland Under 20 Player Profile . Scottishrugby.org . 9 September 2013.
  6. Web site: Mark Bennett IRB JWC Player Profile . IRB.com . 9 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006094715/http://www.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=3783/player=43521/index.html . 6 October 2013 . dead .
  7. Web site: Cotter names 31-man Scotland squad - Scottish Rugby . 1 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175550/http://thescotlandteam.com/2015/09/01/scotland-rugby-world-cup-2015-squad/ . 24 June 2018 . dead .
  8. News: Scotland 45-10 Japan. BBC Sport.
  9. Web site: Rugby World Cup 2015: Mark Bennett in running for world award . BBC Sport . BBC . 26 October 2015 . 27 October 2015.
  10. Web site: Mark Bennett. 3 July 2022.