Ben Flower

For the baseball player, see Ben Flowers.

Ben Flower
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Thomas Flower[1]
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 37)
Cardiff, Wales
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight17 st 2 lb (109 kg)[2]
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Newport Gwent Dragons 0 0 0 0 0
2008 Bedwas RFC 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Pontypool RFC 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionProp, Loose forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–11 Crusaders RL 66 7 0 0 28
2010(loan) → S Wales Scorpions 4 1 0 0 4
2012–20 Wigan Warriors 184 21 0 0 84
2021 Leigh Centurions 5 0 0 0 0
Total 259 29 0 0 116
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Wales 17 1 0 0 4
Source: [3][4]
As of 28 Sep 2021

Ben Flower (born 19 October 1987) is a Welsh professional former rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Super League, and has played for Wales at international level.

He previously played as a second-row and loose forward for Crusaders Rugby League in the Super League, and spent time away from Crusaders RL on loan at the South Wales Scorpions in Championship 1. Flower also spent 9 seasons at the Wigan Warriors in the top flight.[3][4]

He punched Lance Hohaia in the face twice in the second minute of the Super League Grand Final in 2014 and faced a six-month ban.[5][6]

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ "Crusaders Rugby League". web page. Crusaders Rugby League Club. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).