Martin Bella

Martin Bella

Personal information
Nickname	Munster
Born	(1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 52) Sarina, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	111 kg (17 st 7 lb)
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1983–85	Easts (Brisbane)
1984–86	Halifax
1986–89	North Sydney Bears	83	1	0	0	4
1990–92	Manly Sea Eagles	57	2	0	0	8
1993–94	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	46	2	0	0	8
1995	North Queensland Cowboys	14	0	0	0	0
1996–97	Gold Coast Chargers	35	2	0	0	8
	Total	235	7	0	0	28
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1987–94	Queensland	21	0	0	0	0
1988–92	Australia	9	0	0	0	0
Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero

Martin Bella (born 26 March 1964) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A prop forward, he achieved national and state representation and played club football for various teams in Queensland, New South Wales and England. He is of Italian descent.

He is the brother of South Queensland Crushers players Robert and Anthony.

Martin Bella's career started out in the Foley Shield. His Mackay Under-18 side defeated Herbert River in the final after representing Queensland and Australia at schoolboy level the previous two seasons. Bella left North Queensland to play with Easts Tigers in Brisbane Rugby League premiership from 1983. After three seasons in Brisbane and two off-seasons playing for Halifax in England, Bella moved to North Sydney Bears in 1986.

At the end of the 1986 NSWRL season, Bella went on the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, playing in most games on the tour, but not the Tests. In 1987 he played State of Origin and in 1988 made his first Test appearance in the third Test against the touring Great Britain side.

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