Ben Te'o was born on 27 January 1987 and is a former profesional rugby union and rugby league footballer who last played as a second-rower for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
33 Facts About Ben Te'o
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Ben Te'o previously played for both the Wests Tigers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs with whom he won the 2014 NRL Grand Final.
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Ben Te'o's father is Samoan and his mother is English.
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Ben Te'o was a Hibiscus Coast Raiders junior, and was selected to play for the New Zealand Under 16s in 2003 and was a member of the 2005 Junior Kiwis.
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Ben Te'o moved to Australia at the age of 17 and lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland, playing rugby league with Keebra Park State High School.
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Ben Te'o played 14 games and scored 2 tries in the 2007 season.
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Ben Te'o played 22 games and score 8 tries in the 2008 NRL season.
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Ben Te'o was named in the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
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Ben Te'o signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2009 season.
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Ben Te'o made his debut for the Broncos at Second Row in Round 1 against the North Queensland Cowboys.
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Ben Te'o played 18 games and scored 4 tries in his first year for the Broncos in 2009.
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Ben Te'o pledged his allegiance to the Australia and the Maroons being named as the 18th man for Game 1.
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On 2 May 2012, it was announced Ben Te'o had agreed to terms with the South Sydney Rabbitohs up until the end of the 2015 NRL season.
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Ben Te'o represented Queensland and was selected in the Australian squad in 2012.
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Ben Te'o played from the interchange bench in all three games of the 2014 State of Origin series, which Queensland lost.
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Ben Te'o scored a crucial try against the Sydney Roosters in the semi-final of the 2014 NRL finals series, upon returning from suspension for a chicken wing tackle on Sam Thaiday.
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On 4 June 2014, Ben Te'o announced that he would be leaving the Rabbitohs at the end of the season.
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Ben Te'o played in the Rabbitohs premiership winning side in the 2014 NRL Grand Final.
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On 4 June 2020, Ben Te'o returned to the Brisbane Broncos, signing with the club for the rest of the 2020 season.
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Ben Te'o has been re-signed for 2021 as part of the Broncos' 30-man squad.
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On 19 August 2021, Ben Te'o announced that he was retiring at the end of the season.
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Ben Te'o played his last game against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 5 of the 2021 season.
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On 12 August 2014, Leinster announced Ben Te'o had signed to play for them after the end of the 2014 NRL season.
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Ben Te'o broke his arm within the first twenty minutes of his Leinster professional debut.
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On 21 August 2019, Ben Te'o signed with French side RC Toulonnais.
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In 2020, Ben Te'o signed with Japanese Super Rugby club the Sunwolves.
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Ben Te'o left the club after the cancellation of the 2020 Super Rugby season.
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In May 2016 Ben Te'o was called up by England coach Eddie Jones for the tour of Australia.
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Ben Te'o scored his first England try after coming on as a replacement against France on 4 February 2017.
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Ben Te'o made his international starting debut on 26 February 2017, against Italy during the Six Nations.
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Ben Te'o returned from injury to start his second test for England against Italy in the opening round of the Six Nations and went on to feature in all of England's 2018 Six Nations matches.
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In 2013, Ben Te'o was cleared of assault after an altercation at a home in Brisbane.
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Ben Te'o claimed a woman attacked him with a stiletto and he acted in self-defence.