Ben Galea

Ben Galea
Galea in 2005
Personal information
Full name Ben Aaron Galea
Born 16 August 1978 (1978-08-16) (age 33)
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999 Balmain Tigers 2 0 0 0 0
2000–2007 Wests Tigers 151 32 0 0 128
2008– Hull KR 98 24 0 0 96
Total 251 56 0 0 224
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001 City Origin 1 0 0 0 0
As of 23 January 2010
Source: NRL Stats, SL Stats, RLP

Ben Galea (born 16 August 1978 in Parramatta, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for Hull Kingston Rovers in the European Super League. He previously played for the Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers. Galea primarily plays in the second-row.

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Biography

Of Maltese descent,[2] while attending Marayong John Paul II, Galea played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1996.[3]

After Struggling to make an impact in the lower grades at the Parramatta Eels, Galea was a member of the newly merged Wests Tigers in 2000, making a handful of appearances from the bench. In 2001, Galea became a regular member of the Tigers' team.[4] He represented City and was named the club's player of the year.[5]

Galea played at second-row forward in the 2005 NRL grand final victory over the North Queensland Cowboys.

When Galea moved from the Wests Tigers at the end of the 2007 NRL season, he was the joint venture's second most capped player with 150 games, and second highest try scorer, with 32 tries.

Career highlights

References

  1. ^ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. http://hullkr.co.uk/ben-galea-14. Retrieved 12 August 2011. 
  2. ^ http://www.malteserugbyleague.com/fans
  3. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  4. ^ "Ben Galea". Rugby League Project. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ben-galea/summary.html. Retrieved 29 December 2010. 
  5. ^ David Middleton (editor) (2010). 2010 Official Rugby League Annual. Alexandria NSW, 2015: News Magazines for the National Rugby League. 

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