Ben Te'o
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Te'o
Born	27 January 1987 (1987-01-27) (age 22)
	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–2008	Wests Tigers	36	10	0	0	40
2009–	Brisbane Broncos	18	4	0	0	16
	Total	54	14	0	0	56
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2008	Samoa	1	2	0	0	8
Source: NRL Stats

Ben Te'o (born 27 January 1987 in New Zealand) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. Te'o is a Samoan international and previously played for the Wests Tigers. He primarily plays in the second-row.

[edit] Playing career

A Hibiscus Coast Raiders junior, Te'o was selected to play for the New Zealand Unders 16's in 2003 and was also a member of the 2005 Junior Kiwis. In 2007 Te'o joined the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League.

Te'o signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2009 season.^[1][2]

[edit] International career

In September 2007, he was called into the New Zealand Kiwis train-on squad with several other Wests Tigers players but was not selected for the tour of Great Britain.^[3][4]

Te'o was named in the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[5] He was overlooked for the first two Samoa matches, however Te'o made his international debut on 9 November at CUA Stadium against France, scoring two tries.^[6]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Ben Te'o at NRL.com
• Ben Te'o at the Rugby League Project

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