| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Benjamin Tapuloa Roberts[1] | |||||
| Born | 8 July 1985 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||
| Weight | 14 st 3 lbs (90 kg) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2006–2011 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 95 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 2012– | Parramatta Eels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 95 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 41 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2006–2007 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Samoa | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| As of 15 July 2010 | ||||||
Ben Roberts is a New Zealand professional rugby League player currently playing club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He made his second international appearance for the New Zealand national rugby league team on Friday 20 April at the 2007 ANZAC test against the Australia national rugby league team in Brisbane. From the 2012 season, Roberts will play for the Paramatta Eels
Ben Roberts was educated at John Therry Catholic High School, Rosemeadow, and Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield, alongside Sharks centre Dean Collis. Of Samoan descent, he is the cousin of soccer players Tim Cahill and Chris Cahill.
Joining the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2006 as a five-eighth, Ben was originally recruited from Western Suburbs Magpies before became a regular member of the Premier League team. In 2007 he has started in halfback in the early rounds due to injury to regular playmaker Brent Sherwin. With Sherwin's return from injury and form, Roberts has shifted to five-eighth.
He was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
He was named in the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]
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