Mark Gerrard

Mark Gerrard (born 4 September 1982) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the Brumbies in the Southern Hemisphere Super 14 competition. He usually plays in at fullback or in the centres or on the wing. His sister Mo'onia Gerrard is an Australian representative netballer. He is the cousin of Fellow Australian rugby union footballer Wycliff Palu.

He was educated at the Narrabeen Sports High school. Gerrard made the Australian Schoolboys team in 1999. He went on to play for the Warringah Rugby Club and represent Australia for the national under-19s side in both 2000 and 2001, also in 2001 he represented Australia in the under-21s side. After the successful appearances for junior representative sides, he made his Super 12 (now Super 14) debut for the New South Wales Waratahs. He continued to make the under-21 Australian side up for the next two years, before making Australia A in 2003 and going on their tour of Japan. He signed for the ACT Brumbies for the 2003 season. He made his debut for the Brumbies against the Sharks against Durban, scoring a try. He had a very good season for the Brumbies in 2004, the team winning the championship. He missed out on a mid-year test match against England in Brisbane due to an injury. He went on tour with the Australian team throughout the United Kingdom and France at the end of the year but missed the first match due to injury. Though during the 2005 Super 12 season, Gerrard battled injuries. He made his test match debut for Australia in 2005 against Italy in Melbourne.