Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 1st January, 1950
- Current Age
- 76 years and 87 days
- Place Of Birth
- Allora, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Dally M Coach Of The Year
- 1987, 2000, 2015
- RLIF Coach Of The Year
- 2005, 2010
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2024
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Bob Bennett
- Uncle
- Eddie Brosnan
- Son-in-law
- Ben Ikin
- Brother-in-law
- Phil Veivers
- Greg Veivers
- Father-in-law
- Jack Veivers
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Toowoomba | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Toowoomba | 1970-72 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1971-73 | 11 | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1974 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1970-1974 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38.89% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Stephen Bell, Rugby League Tables
Your Say
15/09/2023
Ben Aiken is x son inlaw
26/05/2024
Did wayne Bennett coach a Qld police academy team which didn't have a try scored against them all season.And they played against Norths,souths,East's,wests,Wynnum manly,valleys,Redcliffe and brothers..In the under 18s comp.
08/08/2024
He is a very good coach
25/08/2025
GOAT Coach
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