John Bentley (rugby)

John Bentley
Personal information
Born (1966-09-05) 5 September 1966 (age 58)
Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 7 lb (98 kg)
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Otley
198?–88 Sale
1996–98 Newcastle
Rotherham
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–97 England 4 1 0 0 5
1997 British and Irish Lions 2
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1988–92 Leeds 92+9 53 27 0 266
1992–96 Halifax 126+1 106 1 0 426
1994 Balmain Tigers 10 1 0 0 4
1998 Halifax 4+2 3 0 0 12
1999 Huddersfield 17 3 0 0 12
Total 261 166 28 0 720
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1995–96 England 5 1 0 0 4
1992–94 Great Britain 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2][3]

John Bentley (born 5 September 1966) is an English former dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed 'Bentos', he played club rugby union as a wing for Otley, Sale, Newcastle and Rotherham. Internationally he won 4 caps for England and toured with the British and Irish Lions in 1997, winning 2 test caps.

In rugby league he played at club level for Leeds, Halifax (two spells), Balmain Tigers and Huddersfield Giants as a wing. He won 5 international caps for England, and 2 for Great Britain.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.