Ben Galea

Age: 30

Date of Birth: 16th Aug 1978

Place of Birth: Parramatta, Australia

Position: Second Row

PROFILE:

Joined the club as a worthy replacement for his retired friend Mark O'Neill ahead of the 2008 season. A tremendous tackler for his size and equally dangerous in attack. Showed tremendous versatility by switching from the second row to stand-off mid way through the 08 season. He missed seven games because of a knee injury but he still managed to win both major player of the year awards at the end of the 2008 season.

STATS:

2009: 26 appearances, 9 tries

2008: 23 appearances, 2 tries

2008 Opta stats: Appearances 22, Tries 2, Try assists 9, Goals 0, Drop Goals 0, Meters 2202, Carries 382, Tackles 579, Offloads 20, Attacking Kicks 13, Runs from dummy half 24, Tackle Busts 29, Marker tackles 60, Clean Breaks 5, Forty twenty 0, Kicks in general play 26, Missed goals 0, Missed tackles 58, Errors 8, Penalties 13, Red cards 0, Yellow cards 0

PREVIOUS CLUBS

Club	Fee	Date	Statistics
Balmain Tigers	n/a	1999	2 appearances, 0 tries
Wests Tigers	n/a	2000-2007	150 appearances, 32 tries