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Mark Hartill

Australian rugby union player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 30, 2024
Entity authorityQ3294101 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mark Hartill (born 29 May 1964) is an Australian former representative Rugby Union prop. He was a member of the Australian squad at the 1987 and 1995 Rugby World Cup. He made 20 national representative appearances between 1986 and 1995. Hartill was raised in Sydney and his senior schooling was at Crows Nest Boys High School.

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The public source identifies “Mark Hartill” as australian rugby union player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mark, Hartill and Australian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1964, 1987, 1995, 1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1964-05-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mark, Hartill and Australian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 30, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3294101. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 1987, 1995 and 1986.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mark Hartill” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.