Peter Benson (born 24 January 1967) is a former professional

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 played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for the North Sydney Bears, Brisbane Broncos,

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

(Twice),

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

and the Canberra Raiders. He played as a or .

Playing career

County Cup Final appearances

Peter Benson played left- and scored three goals in

's 29-16 victory over

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in the

1992–93 Yorkshire Cup The 1992 Yorkshire Cup was the eighty-fifth and last occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Wakefield Trinity won the trophy by beating Sheffield Eagles by the score of 29-16 Background This season there were no junio ...

Final during the 1992–93 season at

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on Sunday 18 October 1992.Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benson, Peter 1967 births Living people Australian rugby league players Brisbane Broncos players Canberra Raiders players Gold Coast Chargers players North Sydney Bears players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league wingers Wakefield Trinity players