Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander (born 13 November 1984) is a former Australian rugby union player. He played for the Greater Sydney Rams in the Australian domestic National Rugby Championship competition and for the Brumbies in the Super Rugby competition. Alexander has also played for the Australian national rugby union team, the Wallabies.

In 2025, he was awarded ACT Local Hero Australian of the Year for his contribution to mental health. On 2025, he was inducted into the University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame. He completed a Bachelor of Sports Media at the university.

Career He played with Beecroft Cherrybrook Rugby club and played his colts rugby with the UC Owls in Canberra where he was selected to play for the Australian U21 and the Brumby Runners.

Alexander played for the Western Sydney Rams in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. Alexander's competition teammates included Kurtley Beale, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Lachie Turner and Josh Holmes.

Alexander also played for the Bedford Blues in what was National Division 1 (now rebranded the RFU Championship) in England during the 2006–07 season.

Alexander made his Brumbies debut in round 3 of the 2008 Super 14 season off the bench in round three against the Queensland Reds, scoring a try to the delight of the Brumbies home crowd, in particular the punters. He went on to play six games off the bench in that season. When the Wallaby squad was named by new coach Robbie Deans Alexander was a surprise inclusion after playing only six games for the Brumbies. He made his test debut against France in Sydney. In 2009, he played in all 13 games for the Brumbies and in all 14 games for the Wallabies.

Alexander became the top try scorer for the Brumbies in 2010, scoring 7 tries from 13 games. Although injury hindered his test season that year, he recovered to play all 5 tests in the Spring Tour.

Super Rugby statistics

Season Team Games Starts Sub Mins Tries Cons Pens Drops Points Yel Red 2008 6 0 6 133 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2009 13 9 4 817 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 2010 13 13 0 1036 7 0 0 0 35 0 0 2011 16 16 0 1207 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 2012 15 14 1 1031 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 2013 18 16 2 1251 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2014 18 17 1 1176 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2015 18 17 1 1012 3 0 0 0 15 0 0 2016 13 12 1 585 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 2017 15 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2018 9 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 154 122 32 8248 21 0 0 0 105 2 0