Mark O'Halloran (rugby league)
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Mark O'Halloran is a rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player extraordinaire who starred for the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...

 in the NRL.

O'Halloran's position of choice is as a centre and he can also operate on the wing. He has also been used as a defensive second rower on occasions and briefly played five eighth in the English Super league.

He previously played for Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

 in the NRL with a great degree of success, being considered one of the finest players to ever lace a boot for the Wests Tigers. In the Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...

 he played for London Broncos alongside greats such as Nick Bradley-Qalilawa, Solomon Haumono, Joe Mbu, Mark Tookey and Steele Retchless.

He is a USA
United States national rugby league team
-2008 & 2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifying:In October 2006, The Tomahawks were to participate in a four team Atlantic qualifying pool for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, but South Africa and the West Indies withdrew. As a result, The Atlantic qualifying pool was reduced to a single game...

 international.

Burwood United Junior in the Balmain Competition 1987-1996
Balmain Tigers Harold Matthews 1995 & 1996
Balmain Tigers Jersey Flegg 1999
Balmain Tigers Jersey Flegg & 1st Division 2000
Balmain Tigers Jersey Flegg & 1st Division 2001

Wests Tigers NRL 2001-2003 (28 games)
London Broncos Super League (UK) 2004 & 2005 (42 games)
Penrith Panthers NRL 2006-2008 (11 games)

USA Tomahawks International v Samoa RWC Qualifier 2007 (1 game)

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