ru_clubcaps ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs superyears birth_date superpoints ru_provinceyears allblackno ru_nationalyears rl_clubcaps ru_provincecaps ru_nationalteam ru_province ru_nationalpoints supercaps ru_position other name school allblackid rl_position birth_place rl_clubpoints height nickname rl_proclubs ru_ntupdate ru_clubyears super weight ru_provincepoints rl_clubyears article_title birth_name
24 -- 3 northampton london wasps 1997 -- 1998 1999 -- 2002 21 august 1975 -lrb- 0 -rrb- -lrb- 40 -rrb- 1996 -- 2002 965 1997 -- 2001 1 74 nz a nz north harbour -lrb- 5 -rrb- 12 39 halfback/scrum-half yes mark robinson whangarei boys ' high 752 hk palmerston north , new zealand -lrb- 0 -rrb- 5 10 sharky warriors 8 february 2007 2004 -- 2008 2008 -- 2010 waikato chiefs blues 14 st 2 lb -lrb- 90 kg -rrb- -lrb- ??? -rrb- 2003 mark robinson -lrb- rugby , born 1975 -rrb-
 mark darren robinson
mark robinson -lrb- rugby , born 1975 -rrb-

mark darren `` sharky '' robinson -lrb- born 21 august 1975 in palmerston north , new zealand -rrb- is a retired rugby union footballer , who most recently played scrum-half for london wasps .
robinson also played for the all blacks during the 1997 -- 98 and 2001 seasons .
he is also known as `` sharky '' .
he grew up in whangarei .
he emerged as a prospective rugby player when he moved to north harbour during his teenage years , making the harbour colts and new zealand colts in 1995 .
he entered first-class rugby the following year with harbour .
he played for the chiefs in the international super 12 competition .
in 1997 he toured with the all blacks and played three games in europe .
the following year he played in a test against england in dunedin .
in 1999 he moved to the re-organised auckland blues , and appeared five times for new zealand ` a ' that season .
in 2000 he also played for the new zealand ` a ' side that toured europe .
in 2001 he was recalled to the all blacks for the end-of-year tour .
he played in matches against ireland and scotland ` a ' , as well as the test against scotland .
he also played in the test against argentina .
in 2003 he signed to play rugby league for the new zealand warriors .
he played one game at hooker , coming on from the bench .
for most of the year he played for the north harbour tigers in the 2005 bartercard cup .
he also played for the barbarians that year , wearing his warriors socks .
in 2004 he signed for northampton in the guinness premiership .
on 22 may 2008 he transferred to london wasps .
on 1 may 2010 robinson called time on his rugby career after a degenerative knee injury forced him to retire after 2 seasons at london wasps .
he said `` it has been a very difficult season for me and despite every effort to come back , my knee injury is just too severe and too painful to continue '' .
he only played 24 times for the wasps in his period with the club .
