Ben Westwood

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Ben Westwood
Ben Westwood Warrington.jpg
Westwood while playing for Warrington in 2007
Personal information
Nickname Predator
Born 25 July 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 30)[1]
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) [2]
Playing information
Position Centre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–02 Wakefield Trinity 38 8 1 0 34
2002– Warrington Wolves 140 82 70 0 468
Total 178 90 71 0 502
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–2010 England 7 2 7 0 22

Ben Westwood (born 25 July 1981) is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League. An England international representative forward, he previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats before moving to Warrington in 2002 and winning the 2009 Challenge Cup with them.

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[edit] Playing career

[edit] Super League

Westwood in action for England against New Zealand at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup

A talismanic player for the Wolves who has been top tackler at the club for the past two seasons and top tackler out of marker for the past three, Westwood was Warrington's Players' Player of the Year and Fans Player of the Year in 2007. A conversion from the centres to the pack at the start of 2005 transformed his career and has pushed him to the verge of international honours, winning a call up to the Great Britain standby squad for the 2006 Tri-Nations. He began his career at local team Normanton Knights, before being scouted for the Wildcats.

He has been named in the Super League Dream Team for the 2008 season.[3]


Westwood played for Warrington in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos.[4]

He also enjoyed a good year in 2011 despite injuries.

[edit] England

In September 2008 he was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[5] and in October 2008 he was named in the final 24-man England squad.[6]

In 2011 Westwood has established himself within the elite England squad and featured in all of England's Gillette [Four Nations] matches. The tournament earned him the reputation of a hard-working and aggressive back-rower who thrives on intensity.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stott, Julie (6 October 2010). "England Four Nations Pen Pics". News of the World (UK: News Group Newspapers Ltd.). http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/1038201/ENGLAND-FOUR-NATIONS-PEN-PICS.html. Retrieved 6 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Our England Our Team England Rugby League - The Official Website". web page. The Rugby Football League Limited. http://englandrl.co.uk/squads/england-men/58. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "2008 engage Super League Dream Team". Super League. 2008-09-15. http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=11755. Retrieved 2008-09-26. 
  4. ^ "Leeds 6-30 Warrington". BBC. 2010-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8938067.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  5. ^ "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 2008-09-29. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=11890. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  6. ^ "Purdham earns World Cup call-up". BBC. 2008-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656553.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 

[edit] External links

Warrington Wolves – current squad (February 2012)
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