Mark Orchard

Mark Orchard is a Former Australian rules football player. Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval ball between the middle goal posts (worth six points) or between a goal and behind post (worth one point). Mark Orchard is of Irish descent.

Mark Orchard: Profile Summary

Mark Orchard was born on April 2, 1976 in Ballarat East, Australia . He is a native of Ballarat East, Australia. As at 2021, he is 45 years old and his birth sign is Aries. There is no much information available about his parents or siblings or early years. Mark Orchard is famous for his  Australian rules football skills and also because of his marriage with the popular TV star, Savannah Guthrie.

Mark Orchard is a football player for more than 15 years and played for St. Patrick College, Collingwood Club, and Sydney Swans. Apart from football, he likes horse riding and also owns many horses.

Mark Orchard started his career playing for Ballarat local Catholic junior club YCWCYC and St. Patricks College in Ballarat, then East Ballarat and was playing for the town’s Under-18s when Collingwood selected him in the 1994 AFL draft. He made six appearances in each of his first two seasons and was then given up by Collingwood in order to secure Sydney’s Anthony Rocca. Orchard, Ben Wilson and two draft picks ended up at Sydney.

Despite his new club coming off a successful 1996 campaign where they were grand finalists, Mark Orchard managed to find a place for himself in their midfielder and played in the first 19 rounds in the 1997 AFL season as well as a qualifying final against the Western Bulldogs. He participated in finals again at the end of the 1998 season, where he added another 21 games.

After two years with Sydney, Mark Orchard requested to be traded back to Collingwood. He was part of a trade in the 1998 AFL draft which saw Sydney also lose Paul Licuria and a draft pick in exchange for the third pick of the draft, Nic Fosdike.

He averaged 15 disposals a game in 1999 and missed several games mid season with a torn hamstring. The following year he put together 18 appearances but was de-listed by Collingwood.

As a schoolboy Mark Orchard was a champion runner. He held a number of Australian primary schools athletic records in the 100m, 200m and still holds a long jump record.

In summary, Mark Orchard replaced the players like Nic Fosdike and Paul Licuria in the draft trade of 1998. And, in between the year 1995 and 1996, he played about 12 games for the Collingwood club and played 41 games with Sydney Swans between 1997 to 1998. Moreover, he has scored over 15 goals in his AFL draft.

After Mark Orchard’s football career ended he returned to Ballarat and works with horses.

Who is Mark Orchard’s wife? Much is not know about his personal life. Its not clear if Mark Orchard is married for still single.

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Body Measurements

Mark is quite tall with a height of 5 feet 9 inches. And, he has a weight of around 75 kilos. As a sportsman, he keeps himself healthy and fit. He has a well-maintained body figure measuring 40-32-33 inches. And, his biceps measures 12 inches and he wears a shoe size of 8 (UK). Moreover, he has a pair of dark brown eyes, and also his hair color is dark brown.

Social Media and Net Worth

Mark Orchard might be fairly active on social media platforms with unverified accounts. On Twitter, he goes by the username @markorchard’. There, he has gathered over 547 followers. Other than this, he is not active on other social media sites.

Mark Orchard has earned most of his wealth through his career in sports. However, it is estimated that he must have earned a hefty amount of money. Therefore, his net worth as of 2021 is around $3 million as reported by some online portals but this figures may or maynot be true.

Australian rules football sport’s origins can be traced to football matches played in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1858, inspired by English public school football games. Seeking to develop a game more suited to adults and Australian conditions, the Melbourne Football Club published the first laws of Australian football in May 1859, making it the oldest of the world’s major football codes.

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Australian football has the highest spectator attendance and television viewership of all sports in Australia, while the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport’s only fully professional competition, is the nation’s wealthiest sporting body. The AFL Grand Final, held annually at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, is the highest attended club championship event in the world. The sport is also played at amateur level in many countries and in several variations. Its rules are governed by the AFL Commission with the advice of the AFL’s Laws of the Game Committee.