Ben Pomeroy

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Ben Pomeroy
Personal information
Full name Ben Pomeroy
Date of birth 10 January 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 24)
Place of birth Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Nickname(s) Pom
Club information
Position(s) Centre
Current club Cronulla Sharks
Number 3
Youth clubs
Years Club
Blacktown City
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2004–2005
2006–		 Penrith Panthers
Cronulla Sharks		 10 (8)
31 (56)
Representative teams**
2007– City Origin 2 (4)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only and
correct as of 07:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC).
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 07:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC).

Ben Pomeroy (born 10 January 1984 in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Pomeroy previously played for the Penrith Panthers and his position of choice is at centre.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Playing career

Pomeroy made his first grade debut with the Panthers in Round 21, 2004. After only sporadic appearances in first grade for the Panthers, Pomeroy signed with the Cronulla Sharks in 2006. A serious groin injury that year limited his appearances on the field for Cronulla to eight games. In 2007, he became a regular at centre in the run-on side and scored his first hat-trick of tries in Round 6.[1]

[edit] Representative career

Pomeroy was selected on the bench for City Origin in 2007 and was also named in the city side in 2008, later in the year his successful season was rewarded with selection in the Prime Minister's XIII side to play the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.[2]

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Three in a row Pomeroy", Fairfax Digital LeagueHQ, 2007-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-12-23. 
  2. ^ "Trio called up for PM's XIII side", The Western Australian, 2007-09-13. Retrieved on 2007-12-23. 

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