Mark Leslie Birtwistle (born 17 October 1962, in Auckland) is a New Zealand-born Samoan former rugby union footballer.
He debuted in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, in the match against Wales at Cardiff, on 6 October 1991.
He is the nephew of the former rugby union footballer Bill Birtwistle,[3] who was a former three-quarter who played for Waikato and for the All Blacks in the 1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada.
[4] He is father of Beaudene Birtwistle, who plays as loose forward for Samoa Under-20[5][6] and for Counties Manukau.
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