Ben Ross

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**Ben Ross**
Personal information

Full name	Ben Ross
Date of birth	May 23, 1980
Place of birth	Chinchilla, Australia
Height	1.91 m
Weight	113 kg
Nickname	Rossy
Position	Prop
Club information
Current club	Cronulla Sharks
Number	8
Youth clubs
	Nambour Crushers
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2002 2003–2005 2006–present	St. George-Illa Penrith Cronulla	8 (0) 55 (16) 7 (0)
Representative teams**
2004–2005	Queensland	6 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 4 September 2006. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 4 September 2006.

Benjamin David Ross (born May 23, 1980 in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition. He has also represented Queensland in the State of Origin on six occasions. Ben was part of Penrith's 2003 premiership winning team and he played for the Penrith Panthers from 2003 until 2005. Prior to that he played for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2002. His position of choice is at prop.

Ben was crowned the Sexiest Man in League in 2005 following a nation-wide phone poll and in late 2005, Ben was one of 12 of the hottest players in the NRL that posed for the League Of Their Own 2006 calendar that was produced in the style of the famous Dieux du Stade calendars to raise money for the Koori Kids foundation. In 2006, Ben again posed in the nude for the Naked Rugby League 2007-08 charity calendar, with its sales to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia.

[edit] Career highlights

Junior Club: Nambour Crushers
First Grade Debut: Round 6, St George Illawarra v Melbourne at Olympic Park, April 20, 2002
First Grade Record: 70 appearances scoring 4 tries