HARRIS Ben

Date of Birth: 8 Sep 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.88/6'2''

Place of residence : LONDON

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men GBR Great Britain	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M02 GBR Great Britain 24 CAN Canada 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M07 GBR Great Britain 34 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M14 FIJ Fiji 33 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Quarter-final #M22 GBR Great Britain 26 USA United States 21	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Semi-final #M30 NZL New Zealand 29 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Bronze Medal Match #M33 GBR Great Britain 12 ARG Argentina 17	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2020	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - England

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2019	London, GBR

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2019	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - New Zealand

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2020	Hamilton, NZL

World Rugby Sevens Series - South Africa

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Men	2019	Cape Town, RSA

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2019	Las Vegas, NV, USA
8	Men	2020	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Tony Roques [national], GBR

Position style:

Back (talkingrugbyunion.co.uk, 18 Dec 2020)

Other sports:

He signed for rugby union [15-a-side] club Saracens during the 2019/20 Premiership Rugby season in England. He also competed in athletics at national youth level while at school, winning the U15 triple jump event at the 2014 English School's Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, England. (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020; englandrugby.com, 01 Sep 2019)

2018 for Great Britain, in Moscow, Russian Federation (englandrugby.com, 01 Sep 2019)

He tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in late 2020. (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

He began playing rugby union [15-a-side] at age 13 at school in Wycombe, England. (englandrugby.com, 01 Sep 2019)

"I was at the London Irish academy [rugby union] between the ages of 15 to 18, but I wasn't offered a contract after leaving school. My school coach put me forward for an England sevens trial, which was open to players in their last year of school who hadn't been offered a [15-a-side] contract. It was a two-day trial and it was a weird environment because we didn't know how many contracts were at stake. It was tricky but I just did what I normally do, get the ball and have a go. I found out a week later that I had got in and two weeks after that I was making my debut [at the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series] in Moscow [Russian Federation]." (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

He was named England Men's Player of the Year for the 2019/20 season by the Rugby Players Association [RPA]. (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

He was named in the Dream Team at the 2020 Sydney Sevens tournament. (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

General Interest

General
RUGBY UNION CONTRACT
He joined English rugby union [15-a-side] club Saracens in August 2020 after the English Rugby Football Union [RFU] announced cuts to their sevens programme in June 2020. In December 2020 he spoke about his plans to combine his rugby union career with his ambition to compete in rugby sevens at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "It's easier for younger guys to pick up [rugby union] contracts because they're cheaper. And you can be moulded a little bit more. I do miss sevens though. Being away with fifteen of you for two weeks, spending every day together. It's just so fun. The Olympics is still a priority for me, it's what I've dreamed about for the past two years, but it's got to be there for it to actually be a priority. The fact of the matter is fifteens is now my job and I've got to adapt to and keep learning that game." (therugbyjournal.com, 12 Dec 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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