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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ben Ikin | |
| Date of birth | 21 February 1977 | |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Tugun | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1995 1996–1999 2000–2004 |
 Gold Coast North Sydney Brisbane |
8 (2) 87 (148) 55 (76) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1995–2003 1998 |
 Queensland Australia |
17 (12) 2 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Benjamin Ikin (born 21 February 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league player. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He previously played for the Gold Coast Chargers, North Sydney Bears and Brisbane Broncos as well as representing Queensland Maroons and Australia. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. The Queensland State of Origin team is a Rugby league team representing the state of Queensland that plays in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin
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Biography
Playing career
As a Gold Coast junior and promising centre and five-eighth, Ben Ikin became the youngest player in State of Origin history when he was chosen as a replacement back for the Maroons during the troubled 1995 season at age 18. This article is about the Australian city Gold Coast For other uses see Gold Coast. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues The 1995 Australian Rugby League premiership was the 88th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby He did not disappoint when he got his chance, with the underdog Queensland team winning the series 3-0.
Ikin's debut season ended prematurely when he was injured and he signed with the North Sydney Bears in 1996. While he was not required for the 1996 State of Origin series, his efforts with the Maroons in 1997–1998 marked him as a Test player of the future. At the end of 1998, Ikin went someway toward fulfilling that potential when he was chosen as a reserve in the final two Tests against New Zealand in September, making him currently the last international to be selected from the North Sydney club. The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league. He then tried to gain a release from his contract to play with premiers the Brisbane Broncos in 1999, but his request was refused. Reluctantly playing with the Bears, he suffered a broken jaw in an off-field incident that kept him sidelined for eight weeks.
Ikin finally got the chance to link with Brisbane when the Bears were forced into a Joint Venture with Manly in 2000, and he finished his first season with the Broncos playing five-eighth in the club’s grand final win over the Roosters. The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was later revealed that he played the latter part of the season with a shoulder injury that required surgery during the 2000 off-season. In 2000 Ikin was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in the sport of rugby league. The Australian Sports Medal was an award given during 2000 to recognise achievements in Australian sport.
A mainstay of the Queensland State of Origin team, a further knee injury limited him to just 6 matches in 2001 and ruined any chance of extending his Test record. Ikin made a successful comeback from his injury, even returning to State of Origin duty, but he had lost a lot of his speed and decided to stand down from the Broncos’ elite squad at the end of 2003. Playing for Broncos’ feeder club Toowoomba, Ikin was recalled into the Brisbane team during the 2004 representative season and played in 11 games in the latter half of the year
Post playing
Currently Ben Ikin is a rugby league commentator for the Nine Network and regularly appears on The Sunday Roast. The Toowoomba Clydesdales are a rugby league club based in Toowoomba, Queensland. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney The Sunday Roast is an Australian sports talk show that deals with the issues in the National Rugby League.
Ikin is married to Beth (Elizabeth) Bennett, the daughter of current Bronco's coach Wayne Bennett. Wayne James Bennett AM (born 1 January, 1950) is an Australian Rugby league football identity
Ikin's younger brother, Anthony, is a five-time Australian aerobics champion, and was a top-twenty contestant in the first series of So You Think You Can Dance (Australia). Aerobics is a form of Physical exercise that combines rhythmic Aerobic exercise with Stretching and Strength training routines with the So You Think You Can Dance Australia is the Australian version of the American reality dance-off series So You Think You Can Dance
Sources
- Ben Ikin at the Brisbane Broncos official website. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. (This link no longer works, please see the template page to change. )
- Ben Ikin at the State of Origin official website. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues
- Ben Ikin at NRL Stats
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