Ben MacDougall

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Ben MacDougall
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin MacDougall
Born	(1977-05-25) 25 May 1977 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998	Western Suburbs	3	0	0	0	0
2000	Newcastle Knights	2	0	0	0	0
2001–2002	Northern Eagles	31	10	0	0	40
2003	Manly-Warringah	23	8	0	0	32
2004	Melbourne Storm	22	7	0	0	28
	Total	81	25	0	0	100
Rugby union
Position	Outside Back
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–2006	Edinburgh
2004–2007	Border Reivers
?–-	London Scottish
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006	Scotland	2	0	0	0	0
Source: Rugby League Project

Ben MacDougall (born 25 May 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby union player who is a former rugby league player. He primarily plays at Centre.

MacDougall played rugby union in Scotland for three years from 2004 to 2007, representing the Scotland national rugby union team. MacDougall qualified for Scotland through his grandfather, Alan, who came from Glasgow. MacDougall was targeted by Matt Williams, the former Scotland coach in 2004. Williams did not rate Scotland's centre's and, having failed to persuade MacDougall's older brother Adam, a rugby league international, he recruited Ben.^[1] He made his Scotland debut against Wales on 12 February 2006 in a 2006 Six Nations Championship match at the Millennium Stadium.

MacDougall joined Edinburgh Rugby in 2004 and in 2006 moved to the Border Reivers.^[1]

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

Career highlights

First Grade Debut: 1998 - Round 6, Western Suburbs vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Aussie Stadium, 19 April
International Debut (RU): 2006 - Scotland vs Wales at Cardiff, 12 February, losing 28–18 in the Six Nations Championship

Footnotes

↑ 1.0 1.1 David Ferguson (10 February 2006). "Aussie league convert to make Scotland debut". ABC News. Retrieved 2007-12-16.

External links

Scrum Player Profile

Persondata
Name	Macdougall, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	Australian dual code rugby player
Date of birth	25 May 1977
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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