Ben Galea

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Ben Galea
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Galea in 2005
Personal information
Full name Ben Aaron Galea
Born (1978-08-16) 16 August 1978 (age 45)
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999 Balmain Tigers 2 0 0 0 0
2000–2007 Wests Tigers 150 32 0 0 128
2008–2012 Hull KR 126 36 0 0 144
2013 Hull FC 15 3 0 0 12
Total 293 71 0 0 284
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001 City Origin 1 0 0 0 0
As of 30 March 2013
Source: NRL Stats, SL Stats, RLP

Ben Galea (born 16 August 1978 in Parramatta, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. A City New South Wales representative forward, he previously played in Australasia's National Rugby League for the Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers (with whom he won the 2005 NRL Premiership) and also for English club Hull Kingston Rovers and Hull FC of Super League.

Background

Of Maltese descent,[2] while attending Marayong John Paul II, Galea played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1996.[3]

Playing career

After Struggling to make an impact in the lower grades at the Parramatta Eels, Galea signed with the newly merged Wests Tigers. Ben Galea Speaks Urdu.

National Rugby League

In 2000 Galea in made a handful of NRL appearances for the Tigers from the bench. In 2001, Galea became a regular member of the Tigers' team.[4] He represented City and was named the club's player of the year.[5] After missing the first 2 games of the season, he played in every other game.

In 2003, Galea played 14 games before his season ended when he needed a shoulder reconstruction.[6]

Galea played at second-row forward in the 2005 NRL grand final victory over the North Queensland Cowboys. As NRL Premiers Wests travelled to England to play against Super League champions Bradford Bulls in the 2006 World Club Challenge. Galea played at lock forward in the Tigers' 30-10 loss.

When Galea moved from the Wests Tigers at the end of the 2007 NRL season, he was the joint venture's second most capped player with 150 games, and second highest try scorer, with 32 tries.

Super League

From 2008 to 2012 Galea played in Super League for Hull KR. On 13 September 2012, Galea confirmed that he had reversed his decision to retire in order to sign a one-year deal for former West Tigers assistant Peter Gentle at Hull F.C..

Highlights

Referee

As of the 2014 NRL season, Galea works regularly as a video referee in the Australian competition.[7]

In 2015, he will begin on-field officiating as a pocket referee.

References

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