Mark Cannon | |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1961 |
Birth Place: | New South Wales, Australia |
Retired: | yes |
Club1: | St. George Dragons |
Year1start: | 1982 |
Year1end: | 85 |
Appearances1: | 20 |
Tries1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 17 |
Club2: | →Wigan |
Year2start: | 1983 |
Year2end: | 84 |
Club3: | North Sydney Bears |
Year3start: | 1986 |
Year3end: | 89 |
Appearances3: | 55 |
Tries3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Fieldgoals3: | 13 |
Points3: | 77 |
Source: | [1] |
Mark Cannon (born 25 March 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Sydney Bears and the St. George Dragons in the 1980s.
A utility back, Cannon played his early rugby league in Lismore and was an Australian Schoolboys representative.[2]
From 1982 to 1985 he played for St. George, where he was used as a five-eighth. Most of his first-grade appearances came in his debut season but in 1983 he featured in St. George's minor preliminary final win over Balmain.[3]
While at St. George he played two seasons in England with Wigan and in the 1983-84 tournament helped Wigan reach its first Challenge Cup final since 1970, which they went on to lose to Widnes, with Cannon as five-eighth.[4]
In his final year with St. George in 1985 he was a member of the club's reserves premiership winning team.[5]
Cannon crossed to North Sydney in 1986 and was a regular fixture in the first-grade side for his first two seasons. In addition to five-eighth, he also played at North Sydney as centre, fullback and lock. He later served as a North Sydney assistant coach.[6]