Mark Percival

Mark Percival
Personal information
Born (1994-04-29) April 29, 1994
Widnes, Lancashire, England
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013– St Helens 132 77 212 0 732
2014(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 0 0
Total 133 77 212 0 732
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 England 4 2 0 0 8
As of 6 October 2018
Source: [2][3]

Mark Percival (born 29 May 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for St. Helens in the Super League. He plays as a centre, and he made his début for Saints in 2013, winning the Super League Grand Final with the club in 2014.[2][3] He has also represented England at international level, winning his first cap in 2016.

Club career

Born in Widnes, Percival played junior rugby for Halton Hornets before joining St Helens' academy side.[4]

Percival made his first team début against Leeds Rhinos on 1 March 2013.[5]

St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Final, and Percival was selected to play at centre in their 14–6 victory over Wigan Warriors.[6]

In April 2017, Percival signed a new four-year contract with Saints.[4] He was named in the Super League Dream Team for the first time at the end of the 2017 season.[7]

Representative career

In 2012, Percival was selected in the England Academy squad for their tour to Australia.[8]

Percival was selected in England's 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations, and made his international début in a pre-tournament warm-up game against France.[9] He was also selected in England's 2017 World Cup squad. He made his only appearance of the tournament in the final group game against France, scoring a try in a 36–6 win.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Percival". St Helens RLFC. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 Badshah, Nadeem (13 April 2017). "Mark Percival signs four year St Helens contract extension". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Leeds Rhinos on the charge again as Ryan Hall double sinks St Helens". The Guardian. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Critchley, Mike (25 September 2017). "Mark Percival in Super League Dream Team". St Helens Star. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "England academy calls up John Bateman and Stevie Ward". BBC Sport. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Four Nations warm-up: France 6-40 England". BBC Sport. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  10. ↑ Irvine, Christopher (13 November 2017). "England have work to do as they book place in Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals". The Times. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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