Mark Gordon Ella (born 5 June 1959 in La Perouse, Sydney) is an Indigenous Australian former rugby union player, often considered as one of his country's all-time greats in that sport. In a relatively short career (he retired in 1984, aged only 25), Mark Ella established himself as one of the all-time greats in world rugby union. Many contemporaries, ranging from David Campese to the rugby league player Wally Lewis, still rate Ella the best playe...
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Mark Gordon Ella (born 5 June 1959 in La Perouse, Sydney) is an Indigenous Australian former rugby union player, often considered as one of his country's all-time greats in that sport. In a relatively short career (he retired in 1984, aged only 25), Mark Ella established himself as one of the all-time greats in world rugby union. Many contemporaries, ranging from David Campese to the rugby league player Wally Lewis, still rate Ella the best player they have ever seen on a rugby union field. (Ella, 1995, blurb) He and his brothers Gary and Glen were educated at and learned their rugby at the publicly funded Matraville High School and all went on to play for the Australia national team. Mark was generally regarded as the best of the three, earning 25 caps in a brief but brilliant career stretching from 1980 to 1984.
Playing at five-eighth, Mark Ella was a proficient exponent of a style of attack often referred to as ‘the flat attack’ – a close-quarters game built on constant support....
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