Mark Riley (rugby league)

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| name = Mark Riley

| fullname = Mark Riley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|6|16}}

| birth_place = New Zealand

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| position = {{rlp|SH}}

| club1 = {{nowrap|Otahuhu Leopards}}

| year1start = 1990

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| tries1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

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| club2 = {{nowrap|London Crusaders}}

| year2start = 1990

| year2end = 91

| appearances2 = 0

| tries2 = 0

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| club3 = {{nowrap|Swinton}}

| year3start = 1996

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Mark Riley (born 16 June 1967 in New Zealand){{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Mark_Riley/summary.html|title = Mark Riley – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project}} is a former rugby league footballer.[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-preview-riley-holds-the-key-to-a-capital-crusade-1468337.html Rugby League Preview: Riley holds the key to a capital crusade] The Independent, 19 December 1993 He played for a number of English rugby league sides during the 1990s.

Playing career

While playing for the Otahuhu Leopards in the Auckland Rugby League competition in 1990 he won the Best and Fairest award.[http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=391 Auckland’s best and fairest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605022044/http://www.aucklandleague.co.nz/display_page.asp?item=391 |date=2010-06-05}} Auckland Rugby League

A {{rlp|sh}}, Riley enjoyed a particularly successful season with the then London Crusaders in 1990–91, when he and {{rlp|wg}} 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 in 1996, breaking the club's most tries in a match record, scoring 6 vs Prescot Panthers, 11 August 1996.

References

External links

[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-riley/summary.html Rugby League Project]

Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:London Broncos players

Category:New Zealand rugby league players

Category:Otahuhu Leopards players

Category:Rugby league halfbacks

Category:Swinton Lions players