Ben Gollings

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Ben Gollings (born 13 May 1980 in Launceston, Cornwall) is a rugby union footballer who plays fly-half for Tasman and England Sevens.

Gollings was educated at Canford School and in 1997 lead the school to success at The National Schools 7's. In 2000, he was selected for England in the Students' World Cup, whilst at Brunel University.

Gollings has previously played for Bournemouth, Gloucester, Bath Development U19 side, Harlequins, Newcastle Falcons, Worcester and Sunnybank. In 2006, he signed to play in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship for Tasman.

Gollings became the first player to score over 1500 career points in IRB Sevens, with 1568 at the end of the 2005/06 season.

There were rumors of Gollings playing Super 14 rugby for the current champions the Crusaders due to All Black and Crusader's flyhalf Dan Carter missing atleast 7 weeks of competition. The NZRU is relaxing laws which could allow this to happen.[1]

However, this rumour did not eventuate, with the Crusaders instead choosing North Harbour pivot, Tusi Pisi. He will compete for the number 10 jersey with Canterbury's own Stephen Brett.

[edit] External links

• England Sevens Profile