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Mark Gasnier
Mark Gasnier (born 19 July 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A rugby league New South Wales State of Origin and international representative centre, he played eleven seasons in the National Rugby League with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, punctuated by two seasons of rugby union played with the French club Stade Français. Gasnier was a member of the Dragons' NRL premiership-winning team in 2010. He retired at the end of the 2011 season. He is the nephew of the 1960s St. George star Reg Gasnier.
Gasnier attended Peakhurst High School.[citation needed]
Gasnier played his junior rugby league in the St George District with the Mortdale and Penshurst based Renown United club. He toured New Zealand with the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 and played for them again in 1999.
Gasnier made his first Grade début for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 8 of the 2000 season against the Newcastle Knights. He made his first grade début having just played for the Dragons in the preceding NSWRL Premier League game.[citation needed] He made his international début in a 2001 test against the PNG Kumuls, and scored a try on début.
In 2004, Gasnier was selected to make his State of Origin debut in Game 1 for New South Wales. Whilst in origin camp on a drunken bonding session with teammates, Gasnier left a lewd voice message on a woman’s phone. It said “[Woman's name], where the f--k are you? There's four toey humans in the cab. It's 20 to four, our c--ks are fat and f-----g ready to spurt sauce and you're in bed. F--k me, fire up you sad c--t." Gasnier was dropped from the NSW squad and subsequently fined and suspended from his NRL club. Gasnier was recalled for the deciding game 3 in the State of Origin series, scoring 2 tries on debut and winning the series.
After winning Dally M Centre of the Year in 2005, he signed a new one-year contract, with further one year options for the next four years with the St George Illawarra Dragons. Again Gasnier won the Dally M Centre of the Year.
In early 2007 it was announced that Mark Gasnier, Ben Hornby and Jason Ryles would captain St George Illawarra. Controversially, given his reputation as centre, Gasnier was moved to Five-eighth for the Dragons following Trent Barrett's move to the Wigan Warriors.[citation needed] However, Gasnier tore his pectoral muscle tackling Nigel Vagana in the Charity Shield pre-season trial and was unable to play again until July. On 21 July, Gasnier made his long-awaited return to the Dragons, in the five-eighth position, with his team winning 38–20 against the Penrith Panthers. Despite Gasnier's shortened season, he was selected for the Australian Kangaroos in October to play the New Zealand Kiwis in Wellington. Gasnier spent 24 minutes on the field before being knocked out by a Steve Matai high tackle. Suffering from concussion, Gasnier was unable to participate further in the game.
Gasnier was named sole captain of the Dragons for the 2008 season. He paired up with Matt Cooper in the centres. Gasnier was selected to play for Australia on 9 May and scored the first two tries. He was selected for Origin I against the Maroons, and helped set up five tries. He was also picked for Origin II despite carrying an injury, but was unable to play the third game. In July, Gasnier reported that he would switch to rugby union at the end of the season to link up with French club Stade Français. Gasnier played his final game for the Dragons against the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale in the 3rd Qualifying Final, scoring the Dragons' only points.[citation needed]
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Mark Gasnier
Mark Gasnier (born 19 July 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A rugby league New South Wales State of Origin and international representative centre, he played eleven seasons in the National Rugby League with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, punctuated by two seasons of rugby union played with the French club Stade Français. Gasnier was a member of the Dragons' NRL premiership-winning team in 2010. He retired at the end of the 2011 season. He is the nephew of the 1960s St. George star Reg Gasnier.
Gasnier attended Peakhurst High School.[citation needed]
Gasnier played his junior rugby league in the St George District with the Mortdale and Penshurst based Renown United club. He toured New Zealand with the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 and played for them again in 1999.
Gasnier made his first Grade début for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in round 8 of the 2000 season against the Newcastle Knights. He made his first grade début having just played for the Dragons in the preceding NSWRL Premier League game.[citation needed] He made his international début in a 2001 test against the PNG Kumuls, and scored a try on début.
In 2004, Gasnier was selected to make his State of Origin debut in Game 1 for New South Wales. Whilst in origin camp on a drunken bonding session with teammates, Gasnier left a lewd voice message on a woman’s phone. It said “[Woman's name], where the f--k are you? There's four toey humans in the cab. It's 20 to four, our c--ks are fat and f-----g ready to spurt sauce and you're in bed. F--k me, fire up you sad c--t." Gasnier was dropped from the NSW squad and subsequently fined and suspended from his NRL club. Gasnier was recalled for the deciding game 3 in the State of Origin series, scoring 2 tries on debut and winning the series.
After winning Dally M Centre of the Year in 2005, he signed a new one-year contract, with further one year options for the next four years with the St George Illawarra Dragons. Again Gasnier won the Dally M Centre of the Year.
In early 2007 it was announced that Mark Gasnier, Ben Hornby and Jason Ryles would captain St George Illawarra. Controversially, given his reputation as centre, Gasnier was moved to Five-eighth for the Dragons following Trent Barrett's move to the Wigan Warriors.[citation needed] However, Gasnier tore his pectoral muscle tackling Nigel Vagana in the Charity Shield pre-season trial and was unable to play again until July. On 21 July, Gasnier made his long-awaited return to the Dragons, in the five-eighth position, with his team winning 38–20 against the Penrith Panthers. Despite Gasnier's shortened season, he was selected for the Australian Kangaroos in October to play the New Zealand Kiwis in Wellington. Gasnier spent 24 minutes on the field before being knocked out by a Steve Matai high tackle. Suffering from concussion, Gasnier was unable to participate further in the game.
Gasnier was named sole captain of the Dragons for the 2008 season. He paired up with Matt Cooper in the centres. Gasnier was selected to play for Australia on 9 May and scored the first two tries. He was selected for Origin I against the Maroons, and helped set up five tries. He was also picked for Origin II despite carrying an injury, but was unable to play the third game. In July, Gasnier reported that he would switch to rugby union at the end of the season to link up with French club Stade Français. Gasnier played his final game for the Dragons against the Manly Sea Eagles at Brookvale in the 3rd Qualifying Final, scoring the Dragons' only points.[citation needed]