Ben Dent is a German
rugby league
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footballer who plays for the
Goole Vikings
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in the
RFL League 1
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Introduced in 2003 as National League 2 i ...
competition. He primarily plays as a er and has previously played for the
York City Knights
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. He plays for
Germany
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internationally.
Career
York City Knights
Dent made his début season for the
York City Knights
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in 2012, playing 5 games. In his 79 appearances for the
Knights
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, he scored 37 tries.
Newcastle Thunder
At the end of the 2017 season, it was announced that Dent had signed with the
Newcastle Thunder
The Newcastle Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was founded in 2000 as Gateshead Thunder, after the merger of the original Gateshead Thunder into Hull F.C. in 1999. The Thunder were based in ...
.
York RUFC
Dent made a temporary switch to
rugby union
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in 2018 to play for
York RUFC
York Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team based in York
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Goole Vikings
On 29 October 2024 it was reported that he had signed for
Goole Vikings
The Goole Vikings are a semi-professional rugby league club from Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England who compete in the Yorkshire Men's League in the fifth tier of the British rugby league system. From 2025, following a successful applicat ...
in the
RFL League 1
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Introduced in 2003 as National League 2 i ...
.
International
Dent made his international debut for
Germany
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in 2016 against the
Wales Dragonhearts, scoring a try.
He was selected to play for
Germany
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in the
2021 World Cup qualifiers.
References
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1991 births
Living people
English rugby league players
Germany national rugby league team players
Goole Vikings players
Newcastle Thunder players
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league wingers
York Knights players