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Ben Christopher Cohen MBE (born on the 14 September 1978 in Northampton ) is a Rugby Union footballer who plays Wing for Northampton Saints and England . Ben is the 10th-highest point scorer in England Rugby History. Cohen was educated at Kingsthorpe Upper School, Northampton. This was not a rugby playing school and at age 12 he first started playing with Northampton Old Scouts RFC . When he was 17 he joined Northampton Saints and made his first team debut against Treorchy in the 1996 / 97 season, since then his name has rarely left the team sheet. In February 2000 , Cohen made his England debut against Ireland in the inaugural Six Nations Championship , scoring two tries. In November 2000 , Cohen's father Peter Cohen, and brother of English World Cup winning soccer player George Cohen, was killed in an incident at the Eternity nightclub in Northampton which Peter Cohen managed. He died a month after the assault, from a blood clot in his brain. Three men were found guilty of violent conduct. In June 2001 , Cohen joined the Lions Tour To Australia , and although he did not figure in the Tests series (due to poor form) he did score twice in the match against New South Wales Country Cockatoos at Coffs Harbour . During the 2002 / 3 season he played in all of England 's matches, scoring a spectacular try against the All Blacks and put in a try-saving tackle on Ben Blair , he scored twice against the Australians at Twickenham . One of his most memorable tries was scored against Australia in June 2003 as England swept aside the host nation by 25-14, to complete their southern hemisphere tour unbeaten. By the 2003 Rugby World Cup , Cohen had established himself as one of the great wings in world rugby. In England's successful World Cup campaign he started in all but one of England's matches and the triumph marked a unique family double. His uncle George Cohen played football at Right Back for England when they won the 1966 World Cup . In the 2004 Six Nations Cohen was named man of the match against Wales , partly for two striking tries. He was a replacement in two of England's 2004 Autumn internationals and was showing fine form for Northampton Saints by the turn of the year, often as an Outside Centre . Cohen did not feature in the 2005 Six Nations Championship . He was expected to be called up after England 's opening three losses, but he fractured his cheekbone playing for the Northern Hemisphere team in the IRB Rugby Aid Match . Cohen endured a difficult time after helping England lift the World Cup, falling out of favour in terms of selection and also admitting that he had lost his appetite for the game. He was not selected for the 2005 Lions Tour To New Zealand . Strong club form saw him win a try-scoring recall against Australia in November 2005. |
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