THE FORMER WEST HARTLEPOOL, LEEDS AND ROTHERHAM FLY-HALF/FULL-BACK

JON BENSON

I’M a northerner through and through so moving to another part of the country never appealed. Luckily for me, I was still able to win promotion and play top level rugby at three different clubs – West Hartlepool, Leeds and Rotherham – without being over an hour and a half’s drive from home.
Michael Wood, Martin Shaw and I all had professional rugby careers having come from a really good colts group at Durham City. I remember being told I was getting a contract at West Hartlepool while on ...