Ben Rogers (rugby league)
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 26 April 1985 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2004–05 | Penrith Panthers | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2005–08 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2008 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009–11 | Newcastle Knights | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Total | 82 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 50 | |
| As of 8 April 2010 | ||||||
| Source: [1][2] | ||||||
Ben Rogers (born 26 April 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Newcastle Knights, St. George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership.[3] He primarily played at five-eighth and lock.
Playing career
Rogers made his first grade debut for the Penrith Panthers against St. George Illawarra in 2004.
On 18 August 2008 it was announced that Rogers would join the Newcastle Knights on a two-year contract in 2009.[4][5] He was suspended for 3 games in round 25 of the 2009 season for punching Daniel Vidot in a controversial ruling.[6] Rogers diclocated his elbow in Round 1 of the 2011 New South Wales Cup while playing for the Central Coast Centurions.
In August 2011, Rogers was forced to retire from rugby league after he didn't recover well from a shoulder surgery.[7]
Later years
On 1 September 2013 Rogers was involved in an incident at Wests Leagues club of Lambton Newcastle after attending Down Town Ball, a charity function in support of Down Syndrome NSW for which Rogers was the Hunter Region ambassador, the incident involved two men and a female at a taxi rank where an alleged verbal stoush resulted in Rogers assaulting two men.
Rogers was charged on 8 October 2013 with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to which he pleaded not guilty claiming self-defence.[8] On 16 April 2014 Rogers was found guilty and received a twelve-month good behaviour bond and a thousand dollar fine.[9] Rogers was subsequently stood down from club duties with the Newcastle Knights.[10]
References
- ↑ Rugby League Project
- ↑ NRL Stats
- ↑ Rabbitohs release Rogers
- ↑ Knights Sign Rogers
- ↑ "2009 NRL Player Movements". NRL Live. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
- ↑ "Ben Rogers accepts three-match NRL ban". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 September 2009.
- ↑ http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/ben-rogers-retires-from-rugby-league/2269721.aspx
- ↑ "Another Knight, Another Fight". The Newcastle Herald. 9/1/2013. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Knights stand down Ben Rogers over assault conviction". The Newcastle Herald. 2014-04-16.
- ↑ "Knights Statement: Ben Rogers". www.newcastleknights.com.au.