E-mail Article Print-Friendly Version Contact Us Subscribe to RSS Feed

Ben Kay

Date of birth: 14/12/75

Position: Lock

Caps: 47

Test Debut: Starter v Canada, 2001 - England won 22-10 in Toronto

Test Points: 10

Current Club: Leicester Tigers

Strengths: Fine line-out jumper and caller; physicality; highly experienced

Weaknesses: Form has been known to desert him; not the best hands in the game

Likely headline(s): 'An O-Kay day for England', 'England lock Kay-O'ed'

Did you know?: After spilling the ball in the act of scoring a try in the final of RWC 2007, Kay said he feared he would be lampooned in a pizza advert - the fate of so many luckless English sportsmen. But England's win meant that Kay escaped with four years' worth of 'Pizza Hut' vouchers instead. "I wish I had mentioned BMW," the deadpan lock later remarked.