Bull Allen (rugby union) of Your Life", "The Footy Show" and "Game of Two-Halves". Tests: 8 (0 as Captain)<br> Games: 19 (0 as Captain)<br> Total Matches: 27 (0 as Captain)<br> Test Points: 5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)<br> Game Points: 5pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m)<br> Total Points: 10pts (2t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) Harvey, John (1998), The Mark of the Bull. Moa Beckett Publishers Ltd, Auckland. Bull Allen (rugby union) Bull Allen (born Mark Richard Allen; July 27, 1967) is a former New Zealand rugby union footballer and current TV celebrity, reached iconic status on the New Zealand sports scene in the 1990s.
Rugby union in Italy rugby union. In the 1960s the Italian Rugby Union had their rival sport, rugby league, hampered by threatening to ban rugby league players from playing rugby union for life. In the 1980s, a peculiar set of economic circumstances arose, which helped bolster the game further. In an effort to promote the game, sinking money into rugby became virtually tax-free, and large amounts of sponsorship money went into the game, from companies as large as Benetton which set up their own club sides. Benetton Treviso for example was able to use this money to produce a dramatic rise in standards. Players