Ben Blackmore

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Ben Blackmore
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Personal information
Full nameBen Blackmore
Born (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 28)
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight17 st 3 lb (109 kg) [1]
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012 Castleford Tigers 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Huddersfield Giants 3 4 0 0 16
2013(loan) → Doncaster 3 1 0 0 4
2013(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 1 1 0 0 4
2014(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 9 4 0 0 16
2014–15 Featherstone Rovers 35 20 0 0 80
2016–19 Sheffield Eagles 107 49 0 0 196
2020– Featherstone Rovers 0 0 0 0 0
Total 159 79 0 0 316
As of 8 September 2019
Source: [2][3][4]

Ben Blackmore (born (1993-02-19)19 February 1993) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.

He previously played for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 931) and the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. Blackmore spent time on loan from Huddersfield at Doncaster and the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship. He has also played for Featherstone and the Sheffield Eagles in the Championship.

Background[]

Blackmore was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Career[]

Ben hails from Castleford and has come through the ranks at Castleford Tigers.

Ben made his début against Hull F.C. in the Super League in September 2012. After the season ended, Ben signed for the Huddersfield Giants[5][6]

In June 2014, he joined the Featherstone Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[7] Having had a successful spell at the Featherstone Rovers, 35 games and 20 tries, Blackmore joined fellow Betfred Championship side the Sheffield Eagles. In 2019 he helped the Eagles to win the inaugural 1895 Cup as they defeated Widnes Vikings 36–18 in the final.[8]

On 29 May 2021 it was reported that he had been handed a 10-week ban for posting a racist tweet[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Love Rugby League
  3. ^ Rugby League Project
  4. ^ Huddersfield Giants Profile
  5. ^ [1], 22 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Super League: Ben Blackmore leaves Huddersfield Giants to join Featherstone". Sky Sports. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Sheffield Eagles beat Widnes Vikings 36–18 to win inaugural 1895 Cup". BBC Sport. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Featherstone winger Ben Blackmore banned for 10 weeks for racist tweet". The Independent. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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