{"id":9847,"date":"2011-02-24T15:45:46","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2011-02-24T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T16:03:57","slug":"proptalk-mark-mcgrath-belfast-harlequins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/proptalk-mark-mcgrath-belfast-harlequins\/","title":{"rendered":"PROPTALK: Mark McGrath Belfast Harlequins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlequinplastics.co.uk\/site\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncentre size-full wp-image-9871\" title=\"PROPTALK IS SPONSORED BY HARLEQUIN TANKS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/quinn123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h1><strong>MARK MCGRATH<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Height: 6&#8243;2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Weight: 18 1\/2 stone<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tight or loose: Both<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Clubs: Belfast Harlequins<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mark-mcgrath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9853\" title=\"mark mcgrath\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mark-mcgrath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Honours:<\/strong><br \/>\nPlayed for Methody 1XV in my final year at school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did rugby begin for you?<\/strong><br \/>\nRugby began for me at the early age of 7 when my dad brought me down to collegians mini rugby. I loved it then and havent missed a year of it yet and strangely enough still play with some of the friends I made from that team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who were the best props\/teams you played against?<\/strong><br \/>\nDunngannon are a team that spring to my mind for this category. This year makes a good example, I was playing tight head against Glen Sinnamon and he had me sized up in those scrums. Was a very long day at the office!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A memorable moment?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis year I had my first AIL start and first AIL try against Thomond.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/grath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9854\" title=\"grath\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/grath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it feel like to prop?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis question reminds me of a time when I was 15 and I was racing my bike down a hill. My brakes failed at the bottom of the hill and I went head first over a fence and faceplanted ten yards away from my bike&#8230; oh how I miss those pain free days!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the biggest bandit on Quins team?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis honour has to go to Babsie. Always the 1st to say win or lose on the booze, always the 1st to get his kit off and always the 1st home and in bed! What a hero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaved or unshaved?<\/strong><br \/>\nUnshaved<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beers, wines or spirits?<\/strong><br \/>\nAll of the above<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harlequinplastics.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/quinnns1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"quinnns\" width=\"600\" height=\"133\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9945\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARK MCGRATH Height: 6&#8243;2 Weight: 18 1\/2 stone Tight or loose: Both Clubs: Belfast Harlequins Honours: Played for Methody 1XV in my final year at school. When did rugby begin for you? Rugby began for me at the early age of 7 when my dad brought me down to collegians mini rugby. I loved it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[139,4039,3503],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belfast-harlequins","tag-belfast-harlequins-rugby","tag-mark-mcgrath","tag-proptalk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9847"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9867,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions\/9867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}