MARK IRVINE

FLANKER/ #8

Club: Bayside & CCSD (B.C.)

Date of Birth: Height: 6'3" Weight: 195

Occupation: Student Debut: Taipei Sevens 1995.

Was a member of Canada's U-19, U-20 teams, and earned a full XVs cap in 2000. Mark attended the Commonwealth Centre for Sports Development (CCSD) in Victoria. Sevens experience includes Taipei 1995, Japan and Lisbon 1996, Japan 1997,Punta del Este, Hong Kong 1998, and he was an influential member of the Commonwealth Games squad in 1998, where Canada finished fifth.

In 2000, Mark was the highest try scorer ( 11) at the Rugby World Cup of Sevens Qualifying tournament for the Americas in Chile in 2000, where Canada won the Cup.

In the 1999-2000 World Sevens series where Canada finished 6th, Mark played in ten tournaments, scoring 19 tries for 95 points.

In the 2000-2001 series, Mark played in the Durban and Dubai Tournaments where he scored three tries for 15 points.