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.

Andrew Bentley
Personal information
Born (1985-05-13) 13 May 1985 (age 39)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height7 ft 3 in (220 cm)
Weight20 st 7 lb (130 kg)
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Loose forward, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–10 Catalans Dragons 29 3 0 0 12
2010–12 Lézignan Sangliers 20 3 0 0 12
2012–13 Pia 23 3 0 0 12
2013 Oxford 3 0 0 0 0
2013–19 Toulouse Olympique 82 5 0 0 20
Total 157 14 0 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 France 9 4 0 0 16
2017 Scotland 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3][4]
As of 29 April 2018

He is a France and Scotland international representative forward and has previously played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.

Background

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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

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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

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  1. ^ loverugbyleague
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ itsrugby
  4. ^ "Lezignan website". Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ^ "France dominated by Dragons". Sky Sports. 7 August 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
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