Mark Carroll (rugby league)

Mark Carroll

Personal information
Nickname	Spud
Born	(1967-02-26) 26 February 1967 (age 50) Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb)
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1987–89 Penrith Panthers 13 0 0 0 0 1990–93 South Sydney 68 6 0 1 25 1994–97 Manly-Warringah 88 5 0 0 20 1998 London Broncos 18 1 0 0 4 1999 South Sydney 15 0 0 0 0 Total 202 12 0 1 49 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1995–99 New South Wales 7 0 0 0 0 1990–97 Australia 12 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

Mark Carroll (born 26 February 1967) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, and 1990s. A prop-forward, he represented Australia internationally and New South Wales in State of Origin and played club football for the Penrith Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and London Broncos.

Carroll was born in Penrith, New South Wales and started out playing junior rugby league football for the Penrith Panthers, and was a member of the club's 1987 reserve grade premiers. He played three seasons at Penrith between 1987–1989.

Carroll found immediate success after moving to South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1990, earning him a surprise selection as a reserve for the one-off Test against France at Parkes, New South Wales (having not yet played at State of Origin level). At the end of the 1990 NSWRL season, he went on the 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France but made only six appearances due to a knee injury. He played with South Sydney Rabbitohs for four seasons between 1990–1993.

Carroll moved to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 1994, where his skill as a tough, attacking forward continued to improve, but despite being a shadow player for New South Wales and the Australian Test team, he failed to make a second Kangaroo Tour at the end of the year.