Ben Jeffery (born 1 March 1987) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer. He primarily played on the . He previously played for the

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers is an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West of Sydney and South Western Sydney. The Tigers have competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since being formed at the end of the 1999 N ...

and

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

in the

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Playing career

Jeffery made his first grade debut for reigning premiers the

against the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

in round 21 of the

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scoring a try in a 20–6 victory. Jeffery made two further appearances for Wests as the club failed to qualify for the finals finishing 11th. In the

2008 NRL season The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstra Premiership title. The sea ...

, he joined the Gold Coast. Jeffery made 19 appearances for the club as they finished 13th on the table. He then returned to his hometown Griffith and played for his junior club Waratah Tigers for two years in which he won the 2010 Group 20 Premiership with the club. In 2012, he joined Group 9 club Albury Thunder where he won a premierships with the club that year, and in 2013 and 2014. In 2017, he moved to Wagga Wagga, and took up the role of Captain/Coach of the Group 9 club, the Wagga Wagga Kangaroos.

References

External links

Gold Coast Titans profileNRL profileSearch for "Ben Jeffery" at goldcoast.com.au
* Group 9 Rugby League#Current Clubs {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffery, Ben 1987 births Living people Albury Thunder players Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Gold Coast Titans players Queensland Residents rugby league team players Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league players from Griffith, New South Wales Rugby league wingers Wests Tigers players 21st-century Australian sportsmen