| Ben Lam | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fullname: | Misimoa Benjamin Lam | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 1.940NaN0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 1050NaN0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| School: | St. Peter's College | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | Pat Lam (uncle) AJ Lam (brother) Jack Lam (cousin) Seilala Lam (cousin) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position: | Wing, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years1: | 2012–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs1: | Blues | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps1: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points1: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years2: | 2012–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs2: | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps2: | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points2: | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years3: | 2017–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs3: | Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps3: | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points3: | 155 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years4: | 2017–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs4: | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps4: | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points4: | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years5: | 2020–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs5: | Bordeaux Bègles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps5: | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points5: | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years6: | 2022–2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubs6: | Montpellier | ||||||||||||||||||
| Apps6: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Points6: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repyears1: | 2023–2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repteam1: | Samoa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repcaps1: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reppoints1: | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clubupdate: | 19 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repupdate: | 28 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Sevensnationalyears1: | 2012–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Sevensnationalteam1: | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Sevensnationalcomp1: | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ru Sevensupdate: | 28 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Misimoa Benjamin Lam (born 9 June 1991) is a professional rugby league & former rugby union player who plays as a for Super League club Catalans Dragons.Born in New Zealand, he represented Samoa at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Lam played wing for Mitre 10 Cup team Auckland.[1] He was selected for the Auckland and Blues sides in 2012. He played 12 games for Auckland after making his debut in 2012 against Hawke's Bay. He made one Super Rugby appearance for the Auckland Blues in 2012.[2]
On 8 Aug 2024 it was reported that he had switched codes to join Catalans Dragons on a deal until the end on the 2024 season[3]
In November 2012 he entered into a contract as a New Zealand sevens player, making his debut at the Dubai Sevens. Lam won a silver Commonwealth Games Medal as a member of the All Black Sevens team at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.[4] Lam has international experience with the New Zealand Sevens. Since 2017 he has played for the Hurricanes.
Lam was born in Auckland, a nephew of rugby player Pat Lam.[5] He was educated at St Peter's College, where he played rugby in the college First XV[6] and excelled at athletics,[7] principally in the 100 metres (breaking 11 seconds) and 200 metres, as well as the long jump.[8] In Wellington, while giving his services to the Hurricanes franchise, Lam is completing his degree in Geography and Marine Biology and pursues his interest in underwater diving around Breaker Bay. He likes reading and he and other Hurricanes players Ardie Savea, Chris Eves and Blade Thomson have promoted a book club.[9]