Ben Laity

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Ben Laity
Personal information
Born (1983-11-28) 28 November 1983 (age 41)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2002 North Qld Cowboys 10000
Source: [1]
As of 4 November 2018

Ben Laity (born 28 November 1983) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He primarily played prop.

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Playing career

An Upper Ross Rams junior, Laity joined the North Queensland Cowboys as a teenager, playing for their feeder club, the North Queensland Young Guns, in the Queensland Cup.

In Round 10 of the 2002 NRL season, he made his NRL debut as an 18-year old in the Cowboys' 838 loss to the Penrith Panthers. During that season he was selected in the Queensland Residents side. [2] Laity was released by the Cowboys at the end of the 2004 NRL season, having not made any more NRL appearances.

In 2007, Laity joined the Easts Tigers, playing one season for the club before returning north to join the Northern Pride for their first season in the Queensland Cup in 2008. [3] During Laity's six seasons at the club he played 117 games, including starting at prop in the 2009 and 2010 Grand Finals, and was named their Players' Player in 2010. [4] [5] He retired at the end of the 2013 season.

In 2017, he was named at prop in the Northern Pride's Team of the Decade. [6]

Statistics

NRL

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2002 season [7]
SeasonTeamMatchesTGGK %F/GPts
2002 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 10000
Career totals10000

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References

  1. RLP
  2. "Ben Laity - Upper Ross Junior Rugby League Inc - SportsTG". SportsTG.
  3. "Easts Tigers". Easts Tigers.
  4. "Honours – Northern Pride". Northernpride.com.au. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. "Round 4 Intrust preview". 20 March 2014.
  6. "Decade of Pride". The Cairns Post. 30 June 2017.
  7. Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Ben Laity - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.