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Born |
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
13 September 1976 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Walker (born 13 September 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s. A five-eighth or halfback, he played in Australia's National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos, Northern Eagles, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and South Sydney Rabbitohs, as well as in Europe's Super League for the London Broncos and Leeds Rhinos. He currently coaches the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup alongside his brother Shane.
Walker was born in Toowoomba in Southern Queensland on 13 September 1976, the eldest of a trio of brothers who would all become rugby league footballers. While attending St Mary's High School in Toowoomba in 1993, Walker was selected in the Australian Schoolboys team.
Ben Walker, along with his brothers, Shane Walker and Chris Walker, all began their careers with the Brisbane Broncos. His premiership debut was in round 13 of the 1995 ARL season against the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium on 25 June 1995. Walker was selected to play for the Brisbane Broncos in the 1997 Super League Grand Final from the interchange bench.