Perego made his Wales debut 3 March 1990 versus Scotland. He went on to be a key player in the Welsh championship-winning team of the 1994 Five Nations.
His strengths as a player included his powerful tackling and his phenomenal fitness, the latter of which he maintained through a highly-effective, but eccentric, training regime. In a famous sequence, BBC Wales filmed him running through a river in a pink beret and chopping trees with an axe. He played 187 times for Llanelli and scored 32 tries.
Perego's nickname was Oddball and he was featured in the 2009 book Rugby's Greatest Characters.[1]
Personal lifeedit
Perego was a fireman by trade. He was previously married to Welsh international Non Evans and is the uncle of Welsh professional rugby union player Kirby Myhill.
Referencesedit
^Steffan Rhys (25 October 2009), Book reveals the great characters of amateur rugby era, Walesonline
External linksedit
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mark, perego, born, february, 1964, winchester, england, former, wales, international, rugby, union, player, flanker, played, club, rugby, llanelli, attained, caps, wales, national, rugby, union, team, birth, namedate, birth, 1964, february, 1964, place, birth. Mark Perego born 8 February 1964 in Winchester England is a former Wales international rugby union player A flanker he played club rugby for Llanelli and attained 9 caps for the Wales national rugby union team Mark PeregoBirth nameMark PeregoDate of birth 1964 02 08 8 February 1964 age 60 Place of birthWinchester Hampshire EnglandHeight183 cm 6 ft 0 in Rugby union careerPosition s FlankerSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 1981 1997Llanelli187 133 International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1990 1994Wales9 0 Contents 1 Rugby 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksRugby editPerego made his Wales debut 3 March 1990 versus Scotland He went on to be a key player in the Welsh championship winning team of the 1994 Five Nations His strengths as a player included his powerful tackling and his phenomenal fitness the latter of which he maintained through a highly effective but eccentric training regime In a famous sequence BBC Wales filmed him running through a river in a pink beret and chopping trees with an axe He played 187 times for Llanelli and scored 32 tries Perego s nickname was Oddball and he was featured in the 2009 book Rugby s Greatest Characters 1 Personal life editPerego was a fireman by trade He was previously married to Welsh international Non Evans and is the uncle of Welsh professional rugby union player Kirby Myhill References edit Steffan Rhys 25 October 2009 Book reveals the great characters of amateur rugby era WalesonlineExternal links editWales profile nbsp nbsp nbsp This Welsh rugby union biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Perego amp oldid 1194897827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
