Mark Percival

Mark Percival (born 29 May 1994) is an English

professional rugby league footballer who plays as a Mark Percival
centre for St Helens in the Super League. 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.

Contents
Background
Club career
International career
References
External links

Background
Percival was born in Widnes, Cheshire, England.
Personal information
Percival played junior rugby for Halton Hornets
before joining St Helens' academy side.[4] Born 29 April 1994
Widnes, Cheshire, England

Club career Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

Weight 14 st 5 lb (91 kg) [1]
Percival made his first team début against Leeds Playing information
Rhinos on 1 March 2013.[5]
Position Centre
St Helens reached the 2014 Super League Grand Club
Final, and Percival was selected to play at centre in Years Team Pld T G FG P
their 14–6 victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old
2013– St Helens 157 84 237 0 810
Trafford.[6][7][8][9]
2014(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 1 0 0 0 0
In April 2017, Percival signed a new four-year Total 158 84 237 0 810
contract with Saints.[4] He was named in the Super
Representative
League Dream Team for the first time at the end of
Years Team Pld T G FG P
the 2017 season.[10]
2016–18 England 5 2 1 0 10
He played in the 2019 Challenge Cup Final defeat by As of 13 October 2019
the Warrington Wolves at Wembley Stadium.[11] Source: [2][3]
He played in the 2019 Super League Grand Final victory over the Salford Red Devils at Old
Trafford.[12][13][14]

International career
In 2012, Percival was selected in the England Academy squad for their tour to Australia.[15]

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.[16]

In October 2017 he was selected in the England squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[17] He made
his only appearance of the tournament in the final group game against France, scoring a try in a 36–6
win.[18]

In 2018 he was selected for England against France at the Leigh Sports Village.[19]

References
1. "Mark Percival" (http://www.saintsrlfc.com/team/73#TB_inline?height=590&width=650&inlineId
=hiddenBoxContent1192&modal=true). St Helens RLFC. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com" (https://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Mark-Perciv
al/). loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org" (http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-perciva
l/summary.html). rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. Badshah, Nadeem (13 April 2017). "Mark Percival signs four year St Helens contract
extension" (http://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12206/10835543/mark-percival-sign
s-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" (https://www.theguar
dian.com/sport/2013/mar/01/st-helens-leeds-super-league). The Guardian. 1 March 2013.
Retrieved 29 March 2013.
6. Cartwright, Phil (11 October 2014). "St Helens v Wigan as it happened" (https://www.bbc.com/
sport/live/rugby-league/29416637). BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
7. "St Helens 14 Wigan Warriors 6: Moment of madness from Wales international Ben Flower
costs Wigan dear" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/11156623/St-Helens-14-Wi
gan-Warriors-6-Moment-of-madness-from-Wales-international-Ben-Flower-costs-Wigan-dear.h
tml). Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
8. "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off" (https://www.theguardian.co
m/sport/2014/oct/11/st-helens-wigan-super-league-grand-final-match-report). Guardian. 11
October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
9. "St Helens 14–6 Wigan Warriors" (https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-league/29559845). BBC
Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
10. Critchley, Mike (25 September 2017). "Mark Percival in Super League Dream Team" (http://ww
w.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/saints/news/15556193.Mark_Percival_in_Super_League_Dream_Te
am/?ref=rss). St Helens Star. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
11. "St Helens 4-18 Warrington RESULT: Challenge Cup Final as it happened from Wembley" (http
s://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/st-helens-vs-warrington-live-18996678). Mirror. 24
August 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
12. "St Helens give Justin Holbrook the perfect send-off with commanding Grand Final victory over
Salford" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-league/2019/10/12/st-helens-vs-salford-red-devils-
super-league-grand-final-live/). Telegraph. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
13. "St Helens 23-6 Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – as it happened" (https://www.
theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/oct/12/st-helens-v-salford-red-devils-super-league-grand-final
-live/). The Guardian.
14. "St Helens win 2019 Super League League Leaders' shield" (https://www.skysports.com/rugby
-league/news/12196/11777123/st-helens-win-2019-super-league-league-leaders-shield/). Sky
Sports.
15. "England academy calls up John Bateman and Stevie Ward" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugb
y-league/18512126). BBC Sport. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
16. "Four Nations warm-up: France 6-40 England" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/3769
4125). BBC Sport. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
17. "England rugby league World Cup squad revealed - and James Roby is back in the fold" (http
s://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/james-roby-back-fold-wayne-11312505). Mirror. 9
October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
18. Irvine, Christopher (13 November 2017). "England have work to do as they book place in
Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals" (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/england-have-wor
k-to-do-as-they-book-place-in-rugby-league-world-cup-quarter-finals-ctdrtcx2k). The Times.
Retrieved 15 January 2018.
19. "Tom Johnstone marks debut with England hat-trick against France" (https://www.telegraph.co.
uk/rugby-league/2018/10/17/tom-johnstone-marks-debut-england-hat-trick-against-france/).
Guardian. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

External links
St Helens profile (https://www.saintsrlfc.com/teams/first-team/mark-percival/)
SL profile (https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/3/mark%3Cbr-%3Epercival)
Statistics at rlwc2017.com (http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=379#Mark-Percival)
Saints Heritage Society profile (http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=16727)

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