Ben Alexander
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Profile
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Height:
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1.89m
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Weight:
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120kg
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Date Of Birth:
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13/11/1984
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Place of Birth:
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Sydney, NSW
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Rugby Career
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Senior Club:
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Uni-Norths, ACT
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Stats
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Super Rugby Caps:
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58
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Super Rugby Points:
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70 (14t)
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Super Rugby Debut:
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2008 v Reds, Canberra
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Test Rugby Caps:
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36
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Test Rugby Points:
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15 (3t)
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Test Rugby Debut:
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2008 v France, Sydney
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Ben Alexander is the Brumbies first-choice loosehead prop and the starting tighead prop for the Wallabies. The versatile front rower stormed onto the professional scene in 2008, after scoring a try on debut against the Queensland Reds at Canberra Stadium and has been a foundation of his provincial and Test pack ever since. The burly front rower was an unlikely top try scorer for the Brumbies in 2010, scoring seven touchdowns – including three doubles against the Sharks, Cheetahs and Reds – to be the competition’s highest try-scoring forward for 2010. In addition to being the first Brumbies prop to score two five-pointers in a match, he became the province’s highest try-scoring prop, eclipsing Patricio Noriega’s record of seven tries in his five seasons (1996-2000) for the ACT side. after another standout year in 2011, Alexander went on to be selected in the Wallabies team to play Samoa in Sydney and maintained his spot to ear a call up to the World Cup squad. Alexander has missed just one half of rugby from all Wallabies and Brumbies games in 2011, suffering a head knock against the Waratahs in the final round of the Super Rugby competition.