Ben Alexander (rugby union)
Birth name | Ben E. Alexander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 13 November 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105.2 kg (16 st 8 lb; 232 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Knox Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Alexander (born 13 November 1984) is an Australian rugby union and finska player. He plays first-tier, professional rugby for the Greater Sydney Rams in the Australian domestic National Rugby Championship competition and for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. Alexander has also played for the Australian national rugby union team, the Wallabies.
Career
He played with Beecroft Cherrybrook Rugby club and played his colts rugby with the UC Owls in Canberra where he was selected to play for the Australian U21 and the Brumby Runners.
Alexander played for the Western Sydney Rams in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. Alexander's competition teammates included Kurtley Beale, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Lachie Turner and Josh Holmes.[citation needed]
Alexander also played for the Bedford Blues in what was National Division 1 (now rebranded the RFU Championship) in England during the 2006–07 season.[1]
Alexander made his Brumbies debut in round 3 of the 2008 Super 14 season off the bench in round three against the Queensland Reds, scoring a try to the delight of the Brumbies home crowd, in particular the punters. He went on to play six games off the bench in that season. When the Wallaby squad was named by new coach Robbie Deans Alexander was a surprise inclusion after playing only six games for the Brumbies. He made his test debut against France in Sydney.[citation needed] In 2009, he played in all 13 games for the Brumbies and in all 14 games for the Wallabies.
Alexander became the top try scorer for the Brumbies in 2010, scoring 7 tries from 13 games. Although injury hindered his test season that year, he recovered to play all 5 tests in the Spring Tour.[2]
Super Rugby statistics
- As of 25 July 2016[3]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2008 | Brumbies | 6 | 0 | 6 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Brumbies | 13 | 9 | 4 | 817 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | Brumbies | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1036 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Brumbies | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1207 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Brumbies | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1031 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Brumbies | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | Brumbies | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | Brumbies | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Brumbies | 13 | 12 | 1 | 585 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Brumbies | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Brumbies | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 154 | 122 | 32 | 8248 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Ben Alexander stats". Bedford RUFC. Statbunker. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ "Ben Alexander profile". Wallabies. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
External links
- Brumbies Profile
- Ben Alexander at ESPNscrum
- 1984 births
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Australia international rugby union players
- ACT Brumbies players
- Greater Sydney Rams players
- Rugby union props
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Living people
- Canberra Vikings players
- People educated at Knox Grammar School
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- Australian rugby union players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen