Mark Taylor (New Zealand rugby player)

Mark Taylor

Full name	Norman Mark Taylor
Date of birth	(1951-01-11) 11 January 1951 (age 66)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
School	Dargaville High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second five-eighth, wing New Zealand No. 771 Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1979–82 Wasps RFC () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1973–78 1982 Bay of Plenty Hawke's Bay 64 8 () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1976–82  New Zealand 9 (4)

Position(s)	Second five-eighth, wing
New Zealand No.	771
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1979–82	Wasps RFC		()
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1973–78 1982	Bay of Plenty Hawke's Bay	64 8	()
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1976–82	New Zealand	9	(4)

Norman Mark Taylor (born 11 January 1951) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and wing, Taylor represented Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, between 1976 and 1982. He played 27 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals.

Taylor played in England for Wasps in the late 1970s and early 1980s, captaining the club in the 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons, although he was ruled out of the final season by injury. In his first season as captain the Rothmans Rugby Yearbook stated that his "outspoken captaincy paid dividends for Wasps, who had their best season for twenty years". Taylor also played for the Middlesex county team and helped them reach the semi-final of the 1981-82 County Championship.

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