Ben Edward Alexander

Ben Alexander

Australia
	Full name Ben Edward Alexander Born November 13, 1984, Sydney, NSW Current age 39 years 157 days Major teams Barbarians, Brumbies, Canberra Vikings, Australia Position Prop Height 6 ft 2 in Weight 264 lb

Test career
	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Won	Lost	Draw	%
All Tests	2008-2014	72	46	26	20	4	41	29	2	58.33
Bledisloe Cup	2009-2014	14	9	5	0	0	2	11	1	17.85
IRB Rugby World Cup	2011-2011	6	5	1	5	1	4	2	0	66.66
The Rugby Championship	2009-2014	27	17	10	10	2	11	15	1	42.59

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v France at Sydney, Jun 28, 2008 match details
Last Test	England v Australia at Twickenham, Nov 29, 2014 match details
Test Statsguru	Main menu \| Career summary \| Match list \| Most points \| Most tries \| Tournament list

Profile

Alexander, mobile and skilful for a big forward, has gone on to specialise as a tight-head prop for his country.

Alexander made the amazing achievement of starting in an international match before ever starting a game in Super Rugby when he debuted for Australia in November 2008.

The prop locked down his starting spot in the Wallabies team during the 2009 Tri-Nations, completing his meteoric rise to prominence. After joining the ACT Brumbies academy in 2008, Alexander quickly started to feature for the Super 14 side, and in 2009 played in every match for his side, scoring three tries.

Alexander's development showed no signs of curtailing and he went into the 2010-11 season as Robbie Deans' first choice tight-head. He started all four of their games during their northern hemisphere tour and kept his place in the front-row for the 2011 Tri-Nations. Deans looked to Alexander for front-row stability during the 2011 World Cup as he made six appearances in the tournament.

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