Ben Alexander (rugby union)

Australian Rugby Union and Finska player

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Rugby player

Ben Alexander

Birth name| Ben E. Alexander
Date of birth|  (1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 40)
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
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Tighthead Prop

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2003–2018|  Uni-Norths Owls|  35|  ()
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2006–2007|  Bedford Blues|  |  ()
2007|  Western Sydney Rams|  7|  (20)
2014|  Greater Sydney Rams|  0|  (0)
2015–present|  Canberra Vikings|  9|  (5)

Correct as of 22 February 2017

Super Rugby
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2008–2018|  Brumbies|  154|  (105)

Correct as of 22 July 2016

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2008 –2018|  Australia|  72|  (20)
2005|  Australia U-21|  |

Correct as of 30 November 2014

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

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Ben Alexander stats". Bedford RUFC. Statbunker. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
2. ^ "Ben Alexander profile". Wallabies. Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
3. ^ "Player Statistics". its rugby. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

## External links

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* Ben Alexander at ESPNscrum
* Ben Alexander at ItsRugby.co.uk

Squads

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Forwards|

* Alexander
* Elsom
* S. Fainga'a
* Higginbotham
* Horwill (c)
* Kepu
* Ma'afu
* McCalman
* Moore
* Palu
* Pocock
* Polota-Nau
* Samo
* Sharpe
* Simmons
* Slipper
* Vickerman

Backs|

* Ashley-Cooper
* Barnes
* Beale
* Burgess
* Cooper
* A. Fainga'a
* Genia
* Horne
* Ioane
* McCabe
* Mitchell
* O'Connor
* Phipps

Coach: Deans
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