Ben Meehan

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Ben Meehan
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Meehan in 2014
Full nameBen Peter Meehan
Date of birth (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb; 190 lb)
School Brisbane State High
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Gloucester Rugby
Youth career
2012 Melbourne Storm
2013 Reds Academy
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2017 Rebels 33 (22)
2014−2017 Melbourne Rising 17 (65)
2017−2021 London Irish 63 (115)
2021-2023 Gloucester ()
Correct as of 30 December 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Australia Under-20 4 (0)
Correct as of 4 December 2014

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

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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

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]
SeasonTeamGamesStartsSubMinsTriesConsPensDropsPointsYelRed
2014 Rebels 7251970000000
2015 Rebels 10190000000
2016 Rebels 156961140002000
2017 Rebels 10373960100200
Total331122121341002200

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