Mark Blair

Mark Blair is an Irish former rugby union player, who played lock professionally for Edinburgh, Ulster, RC Narbonne and the Border Reivers.

He attended The Royal School, Armagh, and after leaving school attended technical collage for year while playing for City of Armagh RFC, and represented Ulster at under-20 and under-21 levels. He went to Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, and played rugby for Currie RFC.

He signed a professional contract with Edinburgh Reivers for 1997-98,

He made 55 appearances for Ulster over five seasons, and helped Ballymena win the All-Ireland League in 2003, before joining RC Narbonne ahead of the 2003-04 season. He had signed for three years, but left after a single season after the new coach objected to him going home to attend his brother's wedding. The team was disbanded at the end of his second season, and he retired from professional rugby, although he continued to play club rugby with Currie until about 2009. and worked for the IRFU Exiles programme until 2017.