Chris Bentley (rugby union)
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Chris Bentley (born 24 May 1979) is an English former rugby union footballer previously of Exeter Chiefs in Premiership Rugby. His position of choice was right sided Lock.
Career
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Taking a sabbatical when the Chiefs moved to Sandy Park, he played in the National Provincial Championship for Tasman Mako (as founder Mako number 4) spending the New Zealand off season at Edinburgh Gunners before returning to Exeter where he was part of the promotion winning team of 2010. He played two seasons in the Gallagher Premiership joining the corporate team at the club as Sales manager for six years following his retirement.
He remains heavily involved in the sport touring Bermuda annually as part of the Classic Lions team for the World Rugby Classic and is the Rugby Players Association Alumni representative for the South of England.
Post-retirement career
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- Exeter Chiefs players
- New Brighton F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Sunderland
- Rugby union locks
- People educated at Calday Grange Grammar School
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- Biarritz Olympique players
- Orrell R.U.F.C. players
- Edinburgh Rugby players
- Tasman rugby union players
- English expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- English expatriate rugby union players in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand