Ben Blair
| Full name | Ben Austin Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Westport, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Andrew's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Austin Blair (born 26 March 1979 in Westport, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer. He played four tests for New Zealand. He scored 37 points on his All Blacks debut against Ireland A in 2001 at Ravenhill in Belfast; however, as this was not a test match he was not capped. His first test match appearance came in November that year against Scotland.
Blair made his Canterbury debut in 1999 and his
In 2006, he moved to the
In 2012, Blair joined French club SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne of the Top 14; however, he was forced to retire due to a knee injury without playing a single game for the side.[3]
References
- ^ Howell, Andy (14 December 2015). "Andy Howell picks the greatest Cardiff Blues XV in history". walesonline.
- ^ "Cardiff Blues 50-12 Gloucester". 18 April 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "BBC Sport: Former Blues player Ben Blair forced to retire due to injury".
External links
- sporting-heroes.net profile
- cardiffblues.com profile
- Ben Blair at AllBlacks.com
- Blogger
- Foreign Contingent – French Top 14
 | This biographical article relating to New Zealand rugby union, about a person born in the 1970s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |