Ben Ross
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| Full name | Benjamin David Ross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 May 1980 Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia |
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| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin David "Ben" Ross (born 23 May 1980 in Chinchilla, Queensland) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played in the National Rugby League for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers (with whom he won the 2003 NRL Premiership), Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs.
Ben Ross played junior football for the Nambour Crushers. In 2002, Ross made his NRL debut for the St George Illawarra Dragons in a match against the Melbourne Storm.
Signing with Penrith in 2003, Ross helped to kick the season off to a blistering start after becoming involved in a brawl with Brisbane Broncos captain Gorden Tallis. Ross was on the receiving end of a series of upper-cut punches thrown by Tallis when Brisbane met Penrith in the first round of the year. Both players were sent off for ten minutes and no further action was taken by the judiciary. The Australian Football League (AFL) CEO, Wayne Jackson, used the incident to criticise the rival code which led to cross-border media exchanges. NRL CEO, David Gallop, ordered a policy change which would enable players to be charged for on-field fights.
Ross was a member of the Panthers' 2003 NRL grand final-winning team, playing from the interchange bench in their 18–6 win over the Sydney Roosters. As 2003 NRL premiers, the Panthers travelled to England to face Super League VIII champions, the Bradford Bulls in the 2004 World Club Challenge. Ross played from the interchange bench in the Penrith's 22-4 loss. Following his successful season at Penrith, Ross was selected to represent Queensland as an interchange for all six games of the 2004 and 2005 State of Origin series.
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