Ben Robbins

Ben Robbins
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Anthony Robbins
Date of birth	(1976-12-27) 27 December 1976
Original team(s)	Gippsland Power
Draft	33rd overall, 1993 AFL Draft
Height / weight	181 cm / 77 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996 1997–2001 2002–2003 Total -	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions Kangaroos	05 0(1) 47 (13) 40 0(7) 92 (21)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.

Benjamin 'Ben' Robbins (born 27 December 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Robbins, who was from Maffra, played in the TAC Cup for the Gippsland Power before he was recruited by the West Coast Eagles with the 33rd pick of the 1993 AFL Draft. The son of former Richmond player Graham Robbins, he chose to remain in Gippsland and it was not until 1995 that he made the move to Western Australia. Robbins was unable to break into the Eagles team and instead spent the season playing for Perth in the WAFL.^[1] As a result, he was traded at the end of the year, to the Brisbane Bears for pick 66 in the draft, which was used on Neil Marshall.

After making his long-awaited AFL debut in 1996, Robbins found himself changing clubs again for the 1997 AFL season due to the merger between the Bears and Fitzroy. A midfielder, Robbins struggled to cement a spot in the Lions team as they already had a strong combination in the middle. He made 11 appearances in 2001, Brisbane's premiership winning season, but did not participate in the finals.^[2] Robbins was then delisted and he nominated for the 2001 AFL Draft, where he was picked up by the Kangaroos with the 54th selection. He played in all of the Victorian club's 23 games in 2002 and featured prominently again in 2003, however he spent the 2004 season in the VFL with Port Melbourne.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
↑ "Ben Robbins". AFL Tables.

Inaugural Brisbane Lions AFL team

Full-back	Andrew Gowers Richard Champion Ben Robbins

Half-back	Danny Dickfos Matthew Kennedy Scott McIvor

Centre	Michael McLean Michael Voss (c) Shaun Hart

Half-forward	Nigel Lappin Justin Leppitsch Darryl White

Full-forward	Jarrod Molloy Alastair Lynch (c) Chris Johnson

Ruck	Matthew Clarke Marcus Ashcroft Adrian Fletcher

Interchange	Clark Keating Tristan Lynch Dion Scott

Coach	John Northey

Brisbane Lions defeated by Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 20.12 (132), Round 1, 1997, at Football Park

1993 AFL national draft

1. Darren Gaspar
2. Nigel Lappin
3. Justin Murphy
4. Glenn Gorman
5. Adam Heuskes
6. Trent Cummings
7. Chris Johnson
8. Michael Frost
9. Rowan Warfe
10. Trent Ormond-Allen
11. Brad Johnson
12. Chris Scott
13. David Ugrinic
14. Adam Simpson
15. Luke McCabe
16. Fraser Gehrig
17. Angelo Lekkas
18. Simon Beaumont
19. Robert Stevenson
20. Wade Chapman
21. Shane Hodges
22. Dion Myles
23. Shannon Gibson
24. Cameron Bennett
25. Clinton Shaw
26. Stephen Jurica
27. Brad Hall
28. Daryl Griffin
29. Scott Mollard
30. Paul Lewis
31. Mark Stevens
32. Paul Barnard
33. Ben Robbins
34. Stephen Patterson
35. Aaron James
36. Julian Kirzner
37. Ash Thompson
38. David Innella
39. Jason Wild
40. Matthew Lappin
41. Kieran Sporn
42. Michael Prentice
43. Jason Heatley
44. Eugene Warrior
45. Trent Bartlett
46. David King
47. Chris Palmer
48. Matt Hopkins
49. Simon Garlick
50. Mark Merenda
51. Kristian Pascoe
52. Matthew Dent
53. Justin Mallon
54. Sedat Sir
55. Grant Tanner
56. Rayden Tallis
57. Mark Hepburn
58. Jeff Bruce
59. Craig Biddiscombe
60. Troy Polak
61. Shayne Smith
62. Graeme Wood
63. Gareth John
64. Shane Hamilton
65. Paul Mullarvey
66. Andrew Schauble

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