Ben MacDougall
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Full name | Benjamin MacDougall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 25 May 1977|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside Back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben MacDougall (born 25 May 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. After playing rugby league in Australia for the Western Suburbs Magpies, Newcastle Knights, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm, he started playing rugby union in the United Kingdom, and represented Scotland internationally.
Background
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Ben MacDougall has three siblings, Adam MacDougall, Luke MacDougall and Scott MacDougall, all three of whom would also become rugby league players.
Playing career
MacDougall made his first grade debut for Western Suburbs in round 6 of the 1998 NRL season In 2001-2002 he played for the northern Eagles who then reverted back to the Manly sea Eagles in 2003
He played rugby union in Scotland for three years from 2004 to 2007, representing the Scotland national rugby union team. MacDougall qualified for Scotland through his grandfather, Alan, who came from Glasgow.He made his Scotland debut against Wales on 12 February 2006 in a 2006 Six Nations Championship match at the Millennium Stadium.
MacDougall joined Edinburgh Rugby in 2004 and in 2006 moved to the Border Reivers.[2] MacDougall joined London Scottish in the 2010/11 season and helped them win the RFU National One trophy and get promoted into the RFU The Championship for the 2011/2012 season.
Before departing for Scotland in 2005, MacDougall played for the Western Suburbs Magpies, the Newcastle Knights, the Northern Eagles, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League.
Career highlights
- First Grade Debut: 1998 - Round 6, Western Suburbs vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Aussie Stadium, 19 April
- International Debut (RU): 2006 - Scotland vs Wales at Cardiff, 12 February in the Six Nations Championship
Footnotes
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
scotland
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
External links
- 1977 births
- Australian people of Scottish descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Western Suburbs Magpies players
- Newcastle Knights players
- Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
- Melbourne Storm players
- Northern Eagles players
- Australian rugby union players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Living people
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- Rugby league centres
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- MacDougall family