Ben Fisher

Ben Fisher (born (1981-02-04)4 February 1981), also known by the nickname of "Fish", is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who was player-assistant coach for the London Broncos in the Super League. A Scotland international representative Hooker, he previously played for Hull Kingston Rovers of Super League, and Halifax.

Ben Fisher
Personal information
Born (1981-02-04) 4 February 1981
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)[1]
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–05 Halifax 31 17 0 0 68
2006–11 Hull Kingston Rovers 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
2004–13 Scotland 15 6 0 0 24
Source: [2][3][4]

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 Kingston Rovers until the end of 2011.

He has been named in the Scotland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[5]

He has been named in the Scotland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[6]

In 2010 he represented Scotland in the Alitalia European Cup.

References
  1. "Hull KR The Official Site of the Robins". web page. Hull Kingston Rovers RLFC. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Scotland Pro Player Profiles
  4. Rugby League Project
  5. "Henderson trio in Scots cup squad". BBC. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  6. "Logan back in Scotland cup squad". BBC. 8 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.


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