Jonny Bentley

Jonny Bentley
Full name Jonny Bentley
Date of birth 1 July 1986
Place of birth Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009–2013
2013–2014
2014-		 Cornish Pirates
Gloucester Rugby
Jersey		 57 (292)

Jonny Bentley (born 1 July 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Jersey

Club Career

Jonny Bentley original club was Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC in New Zealand, where as a Wellington Academy member he played for Wellington U21s and the Wellington XV. In 2007 he was the WRFU Club's 'Rugby Player of the Year'.

After playing for Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars, in Japan, he signed for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship for the 2009–10 season.[1] He made a total of 57 appearances with the Pirates where he helped them to win the British and Irish Cup in 2010. Unfortunately, he suffered an Achilles tendon tear following abductor muscle trouble and did not play for seventeen months returning for the Pirates during the 2012–13 season.[2]

On 19 June 2013, it was announced that Bentley would join Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership on a one-year contract for the 2013–14 season.[3] On 6 June 2014, Bentley returned to the RFU Championship as he signed a contract to join Jersey for the 2014/15 Season.[4]


On 28th April 2015 Jonny Bentley confirmed his departure from Jersey [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Jonny Bentley sign for Cornish Pirates". Cornish Pirates. 27 March 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Gloucester-Rugby-Jonny-Bentley-injury-woes/story-19337467-detail/story.html#axzz2b5cOUS00
  3. ↑ "Gloucester sign Cornish Pirates fly-half Jonny Bentley". BBC Sport. 19 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Jersey sign Gloucester fly-half Jonny Bentley". BBC Sport. 6 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jersey: Mark Foster and Jonny Bentley among 11 departures date=28 April 2015". BBC Sport.