{"id":3915,"date":"2022-06-19T08:08:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/rugby\/?page_id=3915"},"modified":"2022-06-19T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:26:12","slug":"mark-wyatt-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/mark-wyatt-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wyatt Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Andrew Wyatt<\/b>\u00a0(born 12 April 1961 in\u00a0Bermuda) is a Canadian former rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback and sometimes as a fly-half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt is remembered as one of the best Canadian rugby players of his generation and of all time, and for his kicking skills which made him one of the most prolific scorers ever for\u00a0Canada. He also played for the British invitational team\u00a0Barbarian F.C., played against the North of England for the World XV in 1989, and played in the Australian Bi-Centennial for the World XV in Sydney, 1988.<\/span><\/p>\n

His parents settled in\u00a0British Columbia, one of the provinces of Canada where rugby is more popular and where he would make his player career. He played for the\u00a0Victoria High School\u00a0Titans (rugby) and Tyees (soccer) and was first noticed in 1980. He then went to play for\u00a0James Bay Athletic Association, for a year. He then played for the\u00a0University of Victoria,\u00a0Velox Valhallians\u00a0and the\u00a0Vancouver Island Crimson Tide.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt had 29 caps for Canada, from 1982 to 1991, scoring 1 try, 23 conversions, 55 penalties and 5 drop goals, for an aggregate of 227 points. As a 20-year old his first test match for the “Canucks” came on 11 April 1982, in a 24\u201318 loss to\u00a0Japan, in\u00a0Osaka. He scored two conversions and two penalties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt played twice at the\u00a0Rugby World Cup\u00a0finals. He played all the three matches at the\u00a01987 Rugby World Cup\u00a0finals, scoring 2 conversions in the 37\u20134 win over\u00a0Tonga. In the 19\u201346 loss to\u00a0Ireland, he also scored a penalty. Canada final loss of 9\u201340 to\u00a0Wales\u00a0meant that Canada did not pass the first round. Wyatt scored 2 conversions and one penalty during the tournament, for an aggregate of 7 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt remained a regular and a top scorer in the Canada side, being promoted to captain in 1990. He achieved an historical feat at 25 May 1991, in a 24\u201319 win over\u00a0Scotland XV, in\u00a0Saint John, scoring all the 8 penalties that gave Canada a memorable win. This world record was even stated at the 1993 edition of the\u00a0Guinness Book of Records, and held for 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt, the same year, had his second and final presence at the major international rugby union competition, the\u00a01991 Rugby World Cup\u00a0finals, this time as the captain. Due to injury he was absent from the first game, where\u00a0Fiji\u00a0was defeated by 13\u20133. He played in the 19\u201311 win over\u00a0Romania, scoring 1 conversion and 2 penalties, in the 19-13 narrow loss to\u00a0France, scoring a try and a penalty, and finally in the quarter-finals historical first presence of Canada. 20 October 1991 saw a heated game with the much favoured\u00a0New Zealand, in\u00a0Lille, ending in a close defeat of 13\u201329. Wyatt once again scored a penalty. He had scored at the competition, 1 try, 1 conversion and 4 penalties, for an aggregate of 17 points. His total at the Rugby World Cup finals was 1 try, 3 conversions and 5 penalties, for an aggregate of 24 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the full game, he played 7-a-side for Canada between 1983\u20131991 at the Hong Kong Sevens, Sydney Sevens, and Glasgow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wyatt left the National Team after the competition, aged only 30 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was inducted into the Oak Bay Highschool Sports Hall of Fame in 2000, Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame 2002, UVIC Sports Hall of Fame 2005, British Columbia Rugby Hall of Fame 2007, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame 2017, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame 2017 as and individual athlete and 2018 with the Rugby World Cup team of 1991, and the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame 2019. Wyatt was also named Victoria Male Athlete of the Year twice and was listed as one of the top 100 Victoria athletes of 20th Century.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mark Andrew Wyatt\u00a0(born 12 April 1961 in\u00a0Bermuda) is a Canadian former rugby union footballer. He played as a fullback and sometimes as a fly-half. Wyatt is remembered as one of the best Canadian rugby players of his generation and of all time, and for his kicking skills which made him one of the most prolific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3915"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3919,"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3915\/revisions\/3919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianrugbyfoundation.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}