Mark Swanepoel (born 26 October 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a retired rugby union player.
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| Born | Mark Swanepoel 26 October 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Southport School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editSwanepoel played for the Brumbies in the southern hemisphere Super Rugby competition in the position of scrum-half.
He made his Super Rugby debut for the Force during the 2010 Super 14 season and also previously played for Canterbury in New Zealand's ITM Cup.
In October 2012, Swanepoel was named in the Brumbies Extended Playing Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[2]
He is a former Australia Schoolboys and Australia under 20 international.[3]
After retiring from Rugby, Swanepoel became the sole director of the Cigno Australia financial services firm. In April 2026 he was fined $A500,000 after the firm was found by the Federal Court to have been illegally providing payday lending services. The judge found that Swanepoel and his business partner (who was the sole director of another firm) had sought and followed expert legal advice, but concluded that this did not "wholly exonerate the respondents from liability" for a fine.[4] Cigno Australia was also ordered to pay $A3 million.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Article title[permanent dead link][nelson-mail].aspx?sdl=true
- ↑ Brumbies Media Unit (30 October 2012). "Swanepoel and Van Der Walt join the University of Canberra Brumbies" (Press release). Brumbies. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Mark Swanepoel IRB JWC Profile". Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ Walsh, Liam (17 April 2026). "Companies and directors fined $7m over payday lending scheme". ABC News. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ↑ "Cigno Australia and director Mark Swanepoel, BSF Solutions and director Brenton Harrison, to pay $7 million in penalties for Credit Act breaches". Media release. Australian Securities & Investments Commission. 17 April 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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