Ben Gunter
Rugby player
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| Date of birth | (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bangkok, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brisbane Boys College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Gunter (ベン ガンター, Ben Gantā, born 24 October 1997) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights. Born in Thailand, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1]
Early life
Born in Thailand, then in his youth moved to Australia and grew up in Gunnedah, NSW. His junior clubs were the Narrabri Blue Boars and the Gunnedah Red Devils.[2]
International career
After 3 Top League seasons for Panasonic Wild Knights, Ben Gunter received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has named Dylan Riley in a 52-man training squad ahead of British and Irish Lions test.[3]
On Saturday October 23, 2021, Ben made his international debut for Japan against Australia at the Showa Denko Dome in Oita, starting at flanker.
References
- ^ "Ben Gunter itsrugby Player Profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Ben Gunter Rugby.com.au Player Profile". Rugby.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Japan name 21 uncapped players in 52-man training squad ahead of British and Irish Lions test". RugbyPass. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
External links
- Ben Gunter at ESPNscrum
- Ben Gunter at ItsRugby.co.uk
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Saitama Wild Knights – current squad
- Mark Abbott
- Asaeli Ai Valu
- Jura Asanuma
- Lachlan Boshier
- Jack Cornelsen
- Lood de Jager
- Taiki Fujii
- Shota Fukui
- Sho Furuhata
- Ben Gunter
- Esei Ha'angana
- Ryota Hasegawa
- Goro Hashimoto
- Shohei Hirano
- Shōta Horie
- Keita Inagaki
- Ryusei Kawasaki
- Yusaku Kihara
- Craig Millar
- Liam Mitchell
- Tomohito Miyakawa
- Taichi Niiduma
- Shunsuke Nunomaki
- Itsuki Onishi
- Daniel Perez
- Atsushi Sakate
- Hyuga Shimada
- Kazuma Shimane
- Yuji Shimogama
- Masaki Tani
- Yusuke Tokota
- Suliasi Tolu
- Takumi Yoshizawa
- Tsubasa Arai
- Vince Aso
- Damian de Allende
- Atora Hondo
- Iori Kaji
- Eiji Kaneda
- Seijun Kawasaki
- Marika Koroibete
- Taiki Koyama
- Manoa Latu
- Rikiya Matsuda
- Ryuji Noguchi
- Tomoki Osada
- Dylan Riley
- Takaya Saito
- Yasutaka Sasakura
- Yuta Takagi
- Koki Takeyama
- Tatsuhiro Tanji
- Semisi Tupou
- Keisuke Uchida
- Kyohei Yamasawa
- Takuya Yamasawa
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