Mark van Gisbergen

Mark van Gisbergen

Personal information
Full name	Mark van Gisbergen
Date of birth	30 June 1977 (1977-06-30) (age 34)
Place of birth	Hamilton, New Zealand
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	88 kg (13 st 12 lb) [1]
Club information
Position(s)	Full-back / Fly-half
Current club	Lyon OU
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Hamilton Marist
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1997–2002 2002–2011 2011-	Waikato London Wasps Lyon OU	193 (1166)
Representative teams
2005	England	1 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Mark van Gisbergen (born 30 June 1977 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer who plays at full back for Lyon and England. He is nicknamed 'Giz' or 'Gizzy'.

Van Gisbergen’s father is Dutch born whilst his mother is from New Zealand, meaning that the player holds both New Zealand and Dutch passports. Van Gisbergen qualified to play for England on 11 September 2005 on residency grounds, having come to England three years previously to begin his playing career at Wasps.

He is a former Waikato fly-half in the National Provincial Championship, although he was unable to cement a regular starting position or secure a more financially rewarding Super 12 contract. He played his club rugby for Hamilton Marist for several seasons, often at fullback.

The full back made his debut for Wasps in 2002 and scored just under 300 points for his club in the 2003/4 season. He scored over 300 points in the 2004/5 season and appeared in all but two Wasps matches. In his time with Wasps he has played in three Premiership Finals and a Heineken Cup Final.

He has taken up the kicking duties for Wasps on occasion and, as of late January 2006, had an accuracy rating of 85%. The highest of any kicker in the 2005–06 Premiership season.^{[citation needed]}

He made his Test debut as a brief replacement for Mark Cueto during England's 26–16 defeat of Australia in November 2005. In a friendly before the 2006/07 season he suffered a broken chin, and was ruled out for six weeks. He was picked for the 2007 Six Nations Squad.

He has since joined Lyon OU and will be playing in the French top 14 in the 2011/12 season

External links

• England profile
• Wasps profile
• Profile and Statistcs (itsrugby.co.uk)

References

1. ^ "London Wasps Mark van Ginsbergen". web page. London Wasps. http://www.wasps.co.uk/playerdisplaySS.ink?skip=26&season=07/08&seasonl=2007/2008&playertype=P. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 

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Name	Van Gisbergen, Mark
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Date of birth	30 June 1977
Place of birth	Hamilton, New Zealand
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