Ben Meehan

Ben Meehan

Meehan in 2014
Full name	Ben Peter Meehan
Born	(1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 32) Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb; 190 lb)
School	Brisbane State High
Rugby union career
Position Scrum-half Current team Gloucester Rugby Youth career 2012 Melbourne Storm 2013 Reds Academy Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2017 Rebels 38 (22) 2014−2017 Melbourne Rising 17 (65) 2017−2021 London Irish 58 (45) 2021-2023 Gloucester 45 (15) Correct as of 30 December 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013 Australia Under-20 4 (0) Correct as of 4 December 2014

Ben Meehan (born 21 January 1993) is a former Australian rugby union player. He last played as a scrum-half for Gloucester in Premiership Rugby.

Early life and career

Meehan had a strong youth rugby pedigree, representing his home state of Queensland at a number of age-levels and this eventually ended in him being handed a place in the Queensland Reds academy for 2013. He picked up some invaluable experience in his year there, including an appearance against Junior Japan in the 2013 IRB Pacific Rugby Cup. During this time he also played Club Rugby for Sunnybank in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition and had a brief spell in rugby league with the Melbourne Storm where he was a regular with the club's under 20s. ^[1]

He was handed his big break ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby season when he was named as a member of the Melbourne Rebels extended playing squad. ^[2] He made his Super Rugby debut during the Rebels first match of the season against the Cheetahs on 28 February 2014, replacing Luke Burgess in the 74th minute in a 35–14 win for his side. ^{[3] [4]}

On 1 June 2017, it was announced that he had signed for English Premiership side London Irish. ^[5] Meehan is an England-qualified player through grandparents from Yorkshire. ^[6] He left London Irish for personal reasons on 27 April 2021. ^[7]

On 16 July 2021, Meehan returns to the Premiership Rugby competition with Gloucester from the 2021–22 season ^[8]

International career

Meehan was a member of the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France. ^[9]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 21 July 2016 ^[10]

Season	Team	Games	Starts	Sub	Mins	Tries	Cons	Pens	Drops	Points	Yel	Red
2014	Rebels	7	2	5	197	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	Rebels	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	Rebels	15	6	9	611	4	0	0	0	20	0	0
2017	Rebels	10	3	7	396	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Total		33	11	22	1213	4	1	0	0	22	0	0

References

1. "Ben Meehan Melbourne Rebels Player Profile". Rebels Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
2. "Rebels name Extended Playing Squad (EPS) for 2014". Sanzar Rugby. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Rebels 35–14 Toyota Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. "Melbourne Rebels name debutant Sean McMahon at flanker ahead of Super Rugby clash with Cheetahs". ABC.net. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
5. "NEW SIGNING: London Irish sign Super Rugby scrum-half". London Irish. London Irish Scottish Richmond Ltd. June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.^{[ dead link ]}
6. "Ben Meehan interview". The Rugby Paper. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
7. "Ben Meehan departs London Irish | 27th April 2021 | News". London Irish. 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
8. "George Skivington links up with former London Irish scrum-half". Gloucestershire Live. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
9. "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
10. "Ben Meehan Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 2 March 2014.