Central lock Ben Bennett completes another day on the job as a fencer. Photo / Duncan Brown
Picture this ... Central rugby lock Ben Bennett gets a phone call from his boss to ask why one of his fencing jobs is running behind schedule this week.
One of three workers for MC Green Ltd, Bennett will tell him the smoko breaks have gone on a little longer
than normal. His boss will understand as there probably would have been some rugby chat going on in the wake of Northfuels Central win at the weekend and Bennett's hot form.
First-season premier player, Bennett, 20, produced a player-of-the-match performance in his team's 23-13 sixth-round Maddison Trophy victory against K9 Petfoods Clive to become the 15th weekly winner as the tussle for the Tui-Hawke's Bay Today Club Rugby Player of the Year award continued.
"Most of the farmers we work for support our team. It's always good to talk rugby with them," Bennett said yesterday.
Bennett, who played all his junior rugby including two years of Ross Shield for Central before attending Central Hawke's Bay College where he had three years in the 1st XV, agreed the Central premiers have exceeded expectations with four wins to date this season. A top effort considering there were fears earlier this year the club may not be represented in the grade.
