Ben Kaye (born 19 December 1988) is an English
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who last played as a for the
Batley Bulldogs in the
Betfred Championship.
He played for the
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...
and
Harlequins RL in the
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
, and for
Featherstone Rovers and
Halifax in the
Championship.
Background
Kaye was born in
Morley,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England. Kaye played junior rugby league for Churwell Chiefs ARLFC and played for England at under-16 level.
Career
He made a try scoring début against
Harlequins RL in March 2008 when playing for
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
.
After a spell in London with Harlequins RL Kaye headed back north to join Championship club
Featherstone Rovers.
On 18 August 2020 it was reported that Kaye would join
Batley
Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of the ...
for the 2021 season
References
External links
Halifax profile*(archived by web.archive.org
Profile at featherstonerovers.netHarlequins profile
*(archived by web.archive.org
Leeds Rhinos profile
1988 births
Living people
Batley Bulldogs players
English rugby league players
Featherstone Rovers players
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
Leeds Rhinos players
London Broncos players
Rugby league hookers
Rugby league players from Leeds
Sportspeople from Morley, West Yorkshire
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