Mark McGaw
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mark McGaw | |
| Nickname(s) | Sparkles | |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1984–1992 1993 1994–1995 |
Cronulla Sharks Penrith Panthers South Sydney |
156 (140) 16 (12) 22 (12) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1987–1991 1988–1991 |
New South Wales Australia |
12 (24) 3 (16) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Mark McGaw is an Australian former professional rugby league player. He played for the Cronulla Sharks, Penrith Panthers and South Sydney as well as playing at a representative level for New South Wales and Australia. His position of choice was at centre.
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[edit] Career after Rugby league
Mark McGaw appeared as "Hammer" on the Australian version of the TV show Gladiators from 1995 to 1997 as well as modelling for Lowes Menswear. Mark McGaw is founder of Mark McGaw Institute of Sports Science.
[edit] Defamation Case
On 2 November 2006 the Supreme Court of New South Wales awarded former Gladiator and rugby league star Mark McGaw $385,000 for a defamatory story Today Tonight broadcast in June 2003. The Supreme Court jury found that the story made two defamatory imputations: that McGaw was "a man of dangerous domestic violence", and that he "bashed his lover so severely that she was hospitalised with horrific injuries".[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Mark McGaw at the State of Origin official website.
- Mark McGaw Institute Sports Science
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