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Ben Breeze

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Ben Breeze
Birth nameBen Breeze
Date of birth (1974-04-08) 8 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birthExeter, Devon
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
UniversityLoughborough University
Occupation(s)Chief Community Officer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995-1999 Bristol 57 (60)
1999-2003 Newport RFC 77 (140)
2003-2006 Newport Gwent Dragons 56 (50)
2006-2010 Exeter Chiefs 40 (75)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001 Wales A
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
??, 2002-2003 England, Wales

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Foundation CEO to be presented with Special Achievement Award". Bristol Bears Website. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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