| Jonny Bentley | |
| Birth Name: | Jonny Bentley |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
| Weight: | 78kg (172lb) |
| Ru Position: | Fly-half |
| Ru Amateurclubs: | Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC |
| Ru Clubyears: | 2009–2013 2013 2013–2014 2014−2015 2016 2016– |
| Ru Clubcaps: | 57 5 2 21 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (292) (11) (3) (52) |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 14 July 2015 |
| Ru Province: | Wellington Lions |
| Ru Provinceyears: | 2015− |
| Ru Provincecaps: | 12 |
| Ru Provincepoints: | (51) |
| Ru Provinceupdate: | 23 October 2015 |
Jonny Bentley (born 1 July 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Chinnor.
Bentley original club was Hutt Old Boys Marist RFC in New Zealand, where as a Wellington Academy member he played for Wellington U21s and the Wellington XV. In 2007 he was the WRFU Club's 'Rugby Player of the Year'.
After playing for Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars, in Japan, he signed for the Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship for the 2009–10 season.[1] He made a total of 57 appearances with the Pirates where he helped them to win the British and Irish Cup in 2010. Unfortunately, he suffered an Achilles tendon tear following abductor muscle trouble and did not play for seventeen months returning for the Pirates during the 2012–13 season.[2]
On 19 June 2013, it was announced that Bentley would join Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership on a one-year contract for the 2013–14 season.[3] On 6 June 2014, Bentley returned to the RFU Championship as he signed a contract to join Jersey for the 2014–15 season.[4] On 28 April 2015 Jonny Bentley confirmed his departure from Jersey[5]
On 28 May 2015, Bentley returned to New Zealand to sign for his province Wellington Lions for the 2015 ITM Cup campaign.[6] Bentley returned to the RFU Championship with Ealing Trailfinders for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[7]
From the 2016–17 season, Bentley has been playing for Chinnor who compete in National League 2 South.[8]