Ben Meehan

Ben Meehan

Meehan in 2014
Personal information
Full nameBen Meehan
Born21 January 1993
Brisbane, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Club information
Playing positionScrum-half
Current clubRebels
Youth career
2012Melbourne Storm
2013Reds Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2014–Rebels7(0)
2014−Melbourne Rising4(5)
Representative team(s)
2013Australia Under-204(0)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 4 June 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 4 December 2014.

Ben Meehan (born 21 January 1993) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a scrum-half for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby.[1][2]

Career

Meehan had a strong youth rugby pedigree, representing his home state of Queensland at a number of age-levels and this eventually ended in him being handed a place in the Queensland Reds academy for 2013. He picked up some invaluable experience in his year there, including an appearance against Junior Japan in the 2013 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup. During this time he also played Club Rugby for Sunnybank in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition and had a brief spell in rugby league with the Melbourne Storm where he was a regular with the club's under 20's.[1]

He was handed his big break ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named as a member of the Melbourne Rebels extended playing squad.[3] He made his super rugby debut during the Rebels first match of the season against the Cheetahs on 28 February 2014, replacing Luke Burgess in the 74th minute in a 35-14 win for his side.[4][5]

International

Meehan was a member of the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.[6]

Super Rugby Statistics

As of 13 January 2015
Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red
2014 Rebels 7 2 5 197 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 7 2 5 197 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ben Meehan Melbourne Rebels Player Profile". Rebels Rugby. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. "Ben Meehan Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. "Rebels name Extended Playing Squad (EPS) for 2014". Sanzar Rugby. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  4. "Rebels vs Toyota Cheetahs 28 February 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  5. "Melbourne Rebels name debutant Sean McMahon at flanker ahead of Super Rugby clash with Cheetahs". ABC.net. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  6. "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.