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Ben Rogers (rugby league)

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Weight
  
92 kg (14 st 7 lb)

2004–05
  
Penrith Panthers

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Height
  
1.85 m

Position
  
Five-eighth, Lock

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Ben Rogers (rugby league)

Born
  
26 April 1985 (age 31) Penrith, New South Wales, Australia (
1985-04-26
)

Ben Rogers (born 26 April 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Newcastle Knights, St. George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. He primarily played at five-eighth and lock.

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Playing career

Rogers made his first grade debut for the Penrith Panthers against St. George Illawarra in 2004.

On 18 August 2008 it was announced that Rogers would join the Newcastle Knights on a two-year contract in 2009. He was suspended for 3 games in round 25 of the 2009 season for punching Daniel Vidot in a controversial ruling. Rogers diclocated his elbow in Round 1 of the 2011 New South Wales Cup while playing for the Central Coast Centurions.

In August 2011, Rogers was forced to retire from rugby league after he didn't recover well from a shoulder surgery.

Later years

On 1 September 2013 Rogers was involved in an incident at Wests Leagues club of Lambton Newcastle after attending Down Town Ball, a charity function in support of Down Syndrome NSW for which Rogers was the Hunter Region ambassador, the incident involved two men and a female at a taxi rank where an alleged verbal stoush resulted in Rogers assaulting two men.

Rogers was charged on 8 October 2013 with two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to which he pleaded not guilty claiming self-defence. On 16 April 2014 Rogers was found guilty and received a twelve-month good behaviour bond and a thousand dollar fine. Rogers was subsequently stood down from club duties with the Newcastle Knights.

References

Ben Rogers (rugby league) Wikipedia