Mark Regan
| Full name | Mark Peter Regan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Ronnie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.77 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 10 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Brendan's Sixth Form College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Hooker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1997-2002 2002-2005 1991-1997, 2005-2009 |
Bath Leeds Tykes Bristol Rugby |
69 113 |
( (30) (30)) |
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Correct as of 17 Aug 2007
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| Current local club | Bristol Rugby | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1995-2008, 1997 |
England British and Irish Lions |
46 1 |
((15) (0)) |
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Correct as of 9 Sept 2007
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Mark 'Ronnie' Regan MBE (born 28 January 1972 in Bristol) is an English rugby union player. He has played as a hooker for Bristol, Bath, Leeds Tykes as well as England and the British Lions.
Regan's England breakthrough came when he succeeded Brian Moore in 1995 for the visit of South Africa to Twickenham in November. He became the first player to make his England debut in the professional era of rugby union, which began in August of that year. Although Lawrence Dallaglio made his England debut in the same match, he came off the bench, whilst Regan was in the starting XV. Despite being on the losing side, he retained his place for the 1996 and 1997 Five Nations championships.
Selected for the 1997 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, Regan had a notable rivalry with Keith Wood. Although he was kept out of the first and second tests by the Irishman, Regan did play in the final test.
He lost form on his return from Lions duty and lost his England place to new club mate Andy Long and then Richard Cockerill. Even though he played a major role in Bath's Heineken Cup victory over Brive in Bordeaux, the hooker was out of favour with England Coach Clive Woodward.
In 1999/2000, Regan re-emerged as a player: he shed over a stone in weight and hit back at critics who believed his line-out throwing was too inconsistent for international level by turning in some impressive performances for Bath. A prominent figure in the clubs late season challenge for the Allied Dunbar Premiership, he was voted the Bath forward of the year.
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