Andrew Bentley
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| Born | 13 May 1985 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 7 ft 3 in (220 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 20 st 7 lb (130 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Loose forward, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 29 April 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew "Andy" Bentley (born 13 May 1985) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker, second-row or loose forward for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship.
He is a France and Scotland international representative forward and has previously played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.
Background
[edit]Bentley was born in New Zealand. Born to a New Zealand/Samoan father and New Zealand Maori/Scottish mother in Auckland, Bentley moved to France at a young age where his father played for La Réole XIII.
He is the older brother of fellow Scotland, and French international, Kane Bentley.
Representative career
[edit]Bentley represented France at junior level for a number of years.
He was named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but did not make the final squad.[5] Andrew represented France in 2009 4 nations (England, France, New Zealand and Australia) He represented France in the 2010 Alitalia European Cup. Bentley represented France in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup with his brother Kane.
References
[edit]- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ itsrugby
- ^ "Lezignan website". Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "France dominated by Dragons". Sky Sports. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
External links
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- Toulouse Olympique profile
- 2013 RLWC profile[usurped]
- (archived by web.archive.org) Super League profile
- Rugby League Project stats
- Lezignan profile
- 2017 RLWC profile
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Baroudeurs de Pia XIII players
- Black British sportsmen
- Catalans Dragons players
- France national rugby league team players
- French people of Samoan descent
- French people of Scottish descent
- French rugby league players
- Lézignan Sangliers players
- New Zealand emigrants to France
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand people of Scottish descent
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Oxford Rugby League players
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby league players from Auckland
- Scotland national rugby league team players
- Toulouse Olympique players
- French rugby league biography stubs