Sale Sharks Ambassador Mar Cueto got a big surprise when he learnt that he had been awarded an MBE in the New Years honours list.
Speaking from his office at Carrington Mark said “It feels great but It’s been a bit of a shock. I found about 3 weeks ago, and just couldn’t believe it. There’s quite a few lads in rugby who’ve got MBE’s/OBE’s and Sir Clive with his knighthood all on the back of 2003 World Cup win and when you look at those guys, I never expected to get anything like this, it was just mad when I got the phone call.”
Mark shared the details on what happened, ” My agent got a call . The guy didn’t say what he was ringing about, and just said he was from the Cabinet Office and my agent panicked and thought it was going to be a tax related issue! Thankfully it wasn’t! I got his details, and gave him a ring and asked if I wanted to accept it and just said it would be announced on New Years Eve and then I would be sent a letter with dates on it to go to Buckingham Palace to accept it. It should be really good.”
Mark added, “I was nominated because of services to rugby.I’ve got so much out of the game, and even now 7 months after retiring to still receive something from the game and something like this is just brilliant.”
