Ben Harris (rugby union, born 1989)
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| Birth name | Ben Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 April 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 126 kg (278 lb; 19 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | All Saints Catholic High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Harris (born 24 April 1989) is an English rugby union player. He also plays for the England national rugby sevens team. His playing position is loosehead prop.
Harris was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.[1]
Harris was initially part of Rotherham Titans set-up but he joined Yorkshire Carnegie on loan in 2012–13 season where he quickly established himself in the first team and made 22 appearances in total throughout the campaign and earned a permanent contract. He was one of the stars of the season, earning a number of Man of the Match accolades, and carved a reputation as one of the brightest young talents in the RFU Championship. He was in consistent form once again in 2013–14 season, but injury brought his season to an early end after 19 games. He made another 24 appearances in the 2014–15 season.
On 11 March 2015, Harris made his to move to Aviva Premiership side Newcastle Falcons on a two-year deal from the 2015–16 season.[2] Originally Harris signed a short-term deal with Premiership rivals Wasps[3] However, on 22 February 2017, Harris signed a permanent deal to stay with the Coventry-based club.[4]
Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and Harris was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Huddersfield Rugby Union prop Ben Harris signs for Aviva Premiership leaders Wasps". YorkshireLive. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Newcastle Falcons to sign Yorkshire Carnegie prop Ben Harris". BBC Sport. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Wasps sign Newcastle Falcons prop Ben Harris on loan". BBC Sport. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Ben Harris sign permanent deal with the club". BBC Sport. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ Bridge, Bobby (17 October 2022). "Wasps' administration confirmed as 167 employees made redundant". CoventryLive. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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