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Ben Te'o (born 27 January 1987) is a rugby league coach, and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Brisbane Broncos. Born in New Zealand to Samoan and English parents, he represented Samoa in rugby league and England in rugby union.

He last played as a second-rower for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, and he previously played for the Wests Tigers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs with whom he won the 2014 NRL Grand Final. Te'o also played at representative level for Queensland in the State of Origin series and won one international cap for Samoa.

Between 2014 and 2020 he played professional rugby union as a centre for Leinster in Ireland, Worcester in England and Toulon in France. He played at international level, winning 18 caps for England and 2 for the British & Irish Lions.

Te'o was born in Auckland, New Zealand. His father is Samoan and his mother is English.

He was a Hibiscus Coast Raiders junior, and was selected to play for the New Zealand Under 16s in 2003 and was also a member of the 2005 Junior Kiwis. He also played rugby union as a junior. Te'o moved to Australia at the age of 17 and lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland, playing rugby league with Keebra Park State High School.

In the 2007 NRL season Te'o debuted for the Wests Tigers in Round 9 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, and scored his first try in first grade the next week against the New Zealand Warriors. Te'o played 14 games and scored 2 tries in the 2007 season. In September 2007, he was called into the New Zealand national rugby league team train-on squad with several other Wests Tigers players but was not selected for the tour of Great Britain. Te'o played 22 games and scored 8 tries in the 2008 NRL season.

He was named in the Samoa squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He was overlooked for the first two Samoa matches, but made his international debut on 9 November at CUA Stadium against France, scoring two tries.

Te'o signed with the Brisbane Broncos for the 2009 season. He made his debut for the Broncos at second row in Round 1 against the North Queensland Cowboys

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New Zealand rugby league and rugby union footballer
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