| Cross playing for the Knights in 2009. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Benjamin Ryan Cross | |||||
| Nickname | Crossy, Big Ben, Terets | |||||
| Born | 6 December 1978 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia |
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| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2003–05 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | Melbourne Storm | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–10 | Newcastle Knights | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Leeds Rhinos | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Wigan Warriors | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012– | Widnes Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2007–08 | Country Origin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | New South Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Ben Cross (born 6 December 1978 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wigan Warriors of the Super League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative prop forward, he previously played for the Canberra Raiders, the Melbourne Storm, winning the premiership with them in 2007 and most recently, the Newcastle Knights.
Ben Cross, also known as "The Boss", had an explosive start to his National Rugby League career with a suspension for striking following his debut match in 2003. He moved to the Melbourne Storm and they reached the 2006 NRL Grand Final in which Cross was selected to play from the interchange bench in the Storm's loss to Brisbane.
There was another citing for contrary conduct was made against him for an incident in the 2007 NRL Telstra Grand Final. The charge resulted in a two week suspension.
A powerful ball-runner, Ben Cross endeared himself to Melbourne Storm fans with his wholehearted efforts and aggression. He was a member of Melbourne's Premiership team in 2007, and of the losing Grand Final team in 2006.
In August, 2008, Cross was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2][3]
Late in 2010, Cross resigned with the Knights for 2011, however in October, 2010 the Leeds Rhinos offered Cross a 2-year deal. Cross asked the Knights for a release and it was granted.[4] Cross was then released by the Rhinos mid season by mutual consent. On the 12th July 2011 he joined Wigan Warriors until the end of the season, and on the same day it was announced he would join Widnes Vikings for the 2012 season.
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