Ben Fisher

Ben Fisher
Personal information
Nickname Fish
Born 4 February 1981
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 173 cm
Weight 82 kg [1]
Playing information
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–2005 Halifax 31 17 0 0 68
2006–2011 Hull KR 165 33 0 0 132
2012 Catalans Dragons 15 2 0 0 8
2013 London Broncos 24 1 0 0 4
Total 235 53 0 0 212
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–2013 Scotland 15 6 0 0 24
As of 2 February 2012
Source: Rugby League Project

Ben Fisher was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who was player-assistant coach for the London Broncos in the English Super League. A Scotland international representative Hooker, he previously played for Hull KR of Super League, and Halifax.

Fisher signed for Halifax from North Sydney Bears in November 2004 and the Sydney-born number nine, has a British passport so is not an overseas quota player. Ben spent three seasons on the books of the Sydney Roosters before joining the Bears in 2001, scooped the club's "Best and Fairest" player award. In 31 appearances in 2005 season for Halifax he scored 17 tries. And he is one of Rovers' growing band of internationals, being a member of the Scotland squad.

In May 2008 Ben signed an extension to his contract keeping him at Hull KR until the end of 2011.

He has been named in the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2]

He has been named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

In 2010 he represented Scotland in the Alitalia European Cup.

Super League Tries

Scores and results list Ben's try tally first.[4]
Date Venue Opponent Result Tournament Scored
2 March 2007 JJB Stadium Wigan Warriors 16-26 Super League 1
22 July 2007 Craven Park Warrington Wolves 20-60 Super League 1
12 August 2007 Craven Park Bradford Bulls 10-28 Super League 1
15 September 2007 Craven Park Huddersfield Giants 25-24 Super League 2
24 February 2008 Craven Park Warrington Wolves 28-29 Super League 1
15 June 2008 Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington Wolves 38-20 Super League 1
1 August 2008 Craven Park Catalans Dragons 30-16 Super League 1
8 March 2009 Craven Park Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 31-18 Super League 1
26 April 2009 Craven Park Catalans Dragons 44-10 Super League 1
12 February 2010 JJB Stadium Wigan Warriors 32-6 Super League 1
7 March 2010 Craven Park St Helens 28-24 Super League 1
11 June 2010 Halliwell Jones Stadium Warrington Wolves 35-16 Super League 1
9 July 2010 Craven Park Leeds Rhinos 25-6 Super League 1
11 September 2010 KC Stadium Hull 4-21 Super League 1
26 March 2011 Craven Park Huddersfield Giants 16-38 Super League 1
25 April 2011 Craven Park Harlequins 37-24 Super League 1

References

  1. ↑ "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  4. ↑ http://www.slstats.org/p335/Shaun+Briscoe.html

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