Ben Henry
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Personal information
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14 December 1991 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Second-row, Lock, Centre, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Henry is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented New Zealand and played professionally for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. Henry was a utility player who could fill in at lock, second-row, centre and hooker.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Henry is of Cook Islands and Māori descent. Henry was educated at Kelston Boys' High School and played for the Bay Roskill Vikings before debuting for the Junior Warriors in the NYC at just 17 years old. Henry was named the 2009 New Zealand Warriors' Young NYC Player of the Year. Henry was appointed the Junior Warriors' captain in 2010, but missed the Grand Final victory due to injury. Henry again captained the side in 2011, leading the Junior Warriors to a second straight premiership. Henry finished his Junior Warriors career having played in a record 64 games.
Henry was named to play his debut NRL match in the Warriors round 1 match of the 2012 NRL season, against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Eden Park, making his debut at centre and shifting the other debutant Konrad Hurrell to the interchange bench after having originally been named to play off of the bench. In round 6, against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium, Henry scored his first NRL career try in the Warriors 32-12 loss. On 17 June 2012, Henry had his contract with the Warriors extended for 3 years to the end of the 2015 season. Henry finished his debut year in the NRL playing in all the Warriors 24 matches, scoring 8 tries and kicking 2 goals. Henry was named the New Zealand Rugby League's 2012 Rookie of the Year.
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