Full name | Mark Anthony Harding | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 December 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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Mark Anthony Harding (born 28 December 1955) is an Australian former rugby union international.[1]
Harding was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. He attended Christchurch Boys' High School, captaining the school's 1st XV in 1973. Before relocating to Australia in 1980, he was a New Zealand rugby representative at underage level, as well as a member of the New Zealand national water polo team.[2]
A prop, Harding played for Sydney clubs St. George and Port Hacking. He earned a Wallabies call up for the 1983 tour of Europe and was capped in a Test against Italy at Rovigo, as part of an inexperienced front row.[3]