Ben MacDougall

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Ben MacDougall
Personal information
Full name Ben MacDougall
Date of birth 25 May 1977 (1977-05-25) (age 31)
Place of birth Sydney, NSW, Australia
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Relatives Luke MacDougall
Adam MacDougall
Club information
Position(s) Centre / Wing
Current club Melbourne
Youth clubs
Years Club
Illawarra
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1998
2000
2001–2001
2003
2004/2008		 Western Suburbs Magpies
Newcastle Knights
Northern Eagles
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Melbourne Storm		 3 (0)
2 (0)
31 (40)
23 (32)
22 (28)
Representative teams
2006–2007 Scotland (Union) 2

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 01:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC).

Ben MacDougall (born 25 May 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays in the centres.

MacDougall also played Rugby union in Scotland for three years from 2005 to 2007, representing the Scotland national rugby union team. MacDougall qualified for Scotland through his grandfather, Alan, who came from Glasgow. MacDougall never played union until targeted by Matt Williams, the former Scotland coach, in 2004. Williams did not rate Scotland's centres and, having failed to persuade MacDougall's older brother Adam, a rugby league international, he recruited Ben.[1][2]

Before departing for Scotland in 2005, MacDougall played for Western Suburbs Magpies, Newcastle Knights, Northern Eagles, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm.

In 2007, MacDougall signed a one-year contract to return to the Storm and Australian rugby league for 2008. [3]

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ David Ferguson. "Ben MacDougall shuns Scottish rugby to rejoin Storm", The Scotsman, 2006-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. 
  2. ^ David Ferguson. "Aussie league convert to make Scotland debut", ABC News, 2006-02-10. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. 
  3. ^ Dave Donaghy. "Ben MacDougall shuns Scottish rugby to rejoin Storm", Herald Sun, 2007-12-14. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. 
  4. ^ MacDougall set to make debut in place of Di Rollo. British and Irish Lions. Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
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