Ben Jones (rugby league born 1990)

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For the Canberra Raiders player, see Ben Jones (rugby league born 1980).
Ben Jones
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Personal information
Full name Ben Jones
Born (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34)
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Centre, Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–2010 Sydney Roosters 27 6 0 0 4
2011–2012 North Queensland 8 3 0 0 12
Total 35 9 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Indigenous All Stars 1 1 0 0 4
Source: Rugby League Project, Nth Qld Cowboys

Ben Jones (born 24 June 1990 in Orange, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. A utility player, he plays as a five-eighth, centre or hooker.[1]

Jones started his first-grade career with the Sydney Roosters, his NRL debut coming in round 23 of the 2008 season, against the Melbourne Storm. In 2010 he was called into the Indigenous All Stars representative side for the annual match against the NRL All Stars after first-choice hooker PJ Marsh withdrew because of injury.[2] The Roosters qualified the NRL Grand Final in the 2010 season, although Jones was not a member of the Roosters' squad for the match, which lost to the St George Illawarra Dragons.

After 27 NRL matches for the Roosters, Jones joined the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2011 season. The Roosters had been unable to keep him under the NRL's salary cap.[3] During the 2011 season, he was selected to fill in for the Cowboys' captain Johnathan Thurston in the key halfback position.[4]

He returned to the Sydney Roosters in 2013 via their reserve grade team Newtown Jets.

In November 2013 it was announced that he would join the Parramatta Eels on a train and trial basis for the 2014 preseason.

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