Ben Breeze
| Birth name | Ben Breeze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Exeter, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 0 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Chief Community Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ben Breeze (born 8 April 1974, in Exeter) is an English born rugby union player who represented England U21, England Students and England 7's, as well as Wales A and Wales 7's. A winger or fullback, he played his club rugby for Bristol (1995–1999), Newport RFC (1999–2003), Newport Gwent Dragons (2003–2006) and Exeter Chiefs (2006–2010).
Rugby career
[edit]On 25 March 2016 he coached and played for Rwanda at the GFI Rugby Tens in Hong Kong, technically making him a triple international.
Breeze now heads up Stephen Lansdown's "Bristol Sport Foundation", having reformed the Bristol Rugby Community Foundation in 1996, restructuring it as a charity in 2010.
In 2015, he was presented with a ten-year Special Achievement Award by Premiership Rugby and All Party Parliamentary Group at the Houses of Parliament.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Foundation CEO to be presented with Special Achievement Award". Bristol Bears Website. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2021.