Ben Jeffries
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| Full name | Ben Jeffries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 September 1980 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Jeffries (born 4 September 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for St George Illawarra Dragons, Wests Tigers, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (twice) (Heritage № 1201), Bradford Bulls (twice), as a halfback/scrum-half, or five-eighth/stand-off. Ben Jeffries is a former Australian under-18 international.
While attending Forster High, Jeffries played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.[4]
Ben Jeffries made his name in the NRL and played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Wests Tigers before moving to the European Super League's Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in 2002.
He then played for Bradford between 2008 and 2009
He joined the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the 2010 season. Midway through the 2011 season he re-joined the Bulls.
Bradford Bulls
Ben re-joined the Bulls mid-way through the 2011 season. He left Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as they were favourites to have their Super League licence revoked.
2011 - 2011 Season
Jeffries appeared in every game since his arrival. His first game was against Hull Kingston Rovers away. He featured in all games from Round 14 (Hull Kingston Rovers) to Round 27 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats). Jeffries scored against Salford City Reds, Catalans Dragons and Huddersfield Giants. He also played in the Challenge Cup game against Wigan Warriors.
2012 - 2012 Season
Jeffries appeared in three of the four pre-season games. He played against Castleford Tigers, Dewsbury Rams and Hull F.C..
Jeffries featured in five consecutive games from Round 4 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats) to Round 8 (Salford City Reds). He missed Round 9 due to injury. He featured in nine consecutive games from Round 10 (Leeds Rhinos) to Round 18 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats). Jeffries also played in Round 20 (London Broncos) and then in Round 23 (Widnes Vikings) to Round 26 (Hull F.C.). He also featured in the Challenge Cup against Doncaster and Warrington Wolves. Ben scored against Leeds Rhinos (2 tries), Widnes Vikings (2 tries) and Doncaster (1 try).
Jeffries announced on 5 September 2012 that he would leave the Bradford Bulls to take up a career in mining and play part-time for the Kurri Kurri Bulldogs in Australia in November. Jeffries is the only Australian to play 10 consecutive years in Super League.
| Season | Appearance | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
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| 2011 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2012 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Total | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Footnotes
- ↑ "The official Engage Super League web site". web page. Super League. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ↑ Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ loverugbyleague
- ↑ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. Retrieved 2008-10-10.