Date of birth | 17 October 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Darwin (born 17 October 1976) is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport scholarship program [citation needed], he played 28 times for the Wallabies, Australia's national team, from 2001 to 2003. During this time, Darwin played games against the British and Irish Lions and was part of the Wallabies' 2003 Rugby World Cup team. His usual position was tighthead prop,[2] although on occasion he played on the loosehead side.