Mark Catchpole

Mark Phillip Catchpole (born 9 January 1968) is an Australian former international rugby union player.

Catchpole, son of Wallabies captain Ken Catchpole, spent his early years in Sydney and was a Lindfield junior. He later attended The Southport School in Queensland, where he had two years in the 1st XV, then played senior rugby for the Gold Coast RUFC. After moving to Brisbane club Western Districts, Catchpole won the 1992 Rothmans Medal.

A scrum-half like his father, Catchpole received limited representative honours for Queensland, with Peter Slattery establishing himself in that position. He did however gain a Wallabies call up in 1993, for a tour of North America and France, preferred over Brett Johnstone as the understudy to Slattery. Debuting against Canada "B" in Calgary, Catchpole was subsequently restricted to the bench for the Test fixtures and finished with five uncapped appearances. His year also included captaincy of an Australian XV against Ireland, a representative debut for New South Wales and tour of South Africa with the Emerging Wallabies. He pleaded guilty to firearm possession charges and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug.