Ben Cohen (rugby union)
Ben Christopher Cohen, MBE is an English activist and former rugby player. He is clinically deaf, with about 30 to 33 percent hearing loss in each ear. Cohen was also a member of the England team that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In May 2011, Cohen retired from professional rugby.
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Ben Christopher Cohen, MBE is an English activist and former rugby player. He began his professional career with Northampton Saints in 1996. In 2007 he moved to France to represent Brive before returning to England two years later to join Sale Sharks. Cohen was also a member of the England team that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup. In May 2011, Cohen retired from professional rugby. He founded The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation to combat homophobia and bullying. He is clinically deaf, with about 30 to 33 percent hearing loss in each ear, and has been involved in efforts to make rugby more accessible to the hard of hearing, especially young deaf players. In November 2000, Cohen’s father Peter Cohen, brother of English World Cup winning football player George Cohen, was fatally injured while protecting an attack victim at the Eternity nightclub in Northampton, which he managed. He died a month later from head injuries sustained in the assault.
Cohen is married to Abby Blayney, with twin daughters Harriette and Isabelle. He is the new face of High and Mighty, the big and tall menswear specialist, for 2011. He sits third behind Rory Greenwood and Will Greenwood on the England try-scorers list of all time try-rs. He was selected for the Barbarians, appearing in the game wearing the socks of his first club, Northampton Old Scouts RFC. In September 2010 he noted that he had learnt a hell of a lot over the course of his career from some of the best coaches in the world. He said that if he could not secure a contract with a Guinness Premiership club he would consider retiring from the sport. In March 2011 he announced that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. He signed a deal with Brive who play in the Top 14 competition in France. Cohen’s move to the Limousin based club came after Cohen had stated that he won’t be moving house.
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