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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| Full name | Ben Peter Meehan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 January 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb; 190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brisbane State High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editMeehan 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
editMeehan was a member of the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.[9]
Super Rugby statistics
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Ben Meehan Melbourne Rebels Player Profile". Rebels Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Rebels name Extended Playing Squad (EPS) for 2014". Sanzar Rugby. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Rebels 35–14 Toyota Cheetahs". South African Rugby Union. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Melbourne Rebels name debutant Sean McMahon at flanker ahead of Super Rugby clash with Cheetahs". ABC.net. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "NEW SIGNING: London Irish sign Super Rugby scrum-half". London Irish. London Irish Scottish Richmond Ltd. June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Ben Meehan interview". The Rugby Paper. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Ben Meehan departs London Irish | 27th April 2021 | News". London Irish. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "George Skivington links up with former London Irish scrum-half". Gloucestershire Live. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Queensland's Curtis Browning to Captain Australian Under 20s at IRB Junior World Championship". Rugby Australia. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Ben Meehan Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 2 March 2014.