Ben Gissing
Appearance
Birth name | Ben Gissing | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 July 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
School | Howick College | ||||||||||||||||
Children | Grace and James Gissing | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Ben Gissing is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player. His position was second row. Gissing retired from professional rugby in 2009, taking over at Skerries RFC as player-coach, having previously spent four years at Leinster Rugby. While playing at Edinburgh Rugby he also coached local amateur club Stewart's Melville, helping them to secure promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2008/09 season.
References
[edit]- ^ "Leinster 1st XV | The Team | Leinster Rugby | Official website : Leinster 1st Team Squad | Players | Profiles | 1st XV". Leinsterrugby.ie. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Skerries play a Gissing game". Independent.ie. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
Categories:
- Leinster Rugby players
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- People educated at Howick College
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Ireland
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Scotland