Ben Priddey
Parent Union Royal Navy
Total Points:0
Total Caps:4
First Capped:2017
Ben Priddey is a hooker for the Royal Navy and the UK Armed Forces Men’s XV, serving as a Leading Physical Training Instructor. Born in Truro, he plays his club rugby for Camborne and has represented Cornwall. He joined the Navy in 2006, scored a hat-trick against the Army in 2014 and was named Navy captain in 2015.
In 2026 he stepped in as Royal Navy head coach mid-season after a late coaching change and guided the side to wins over the RAF and the Army, securing the Navy’s first back-to-back Inter-Services titles in more than 50 years.
He won his first UKAF cap in 2017, and at the 2019 International Defence Rugby Competition in Japan started at hooker in the semi-final win over France and the final against Fiji.
Sources: Royal Navy Rugby Union (2026), Royal Navy Rugby Union
| Cap Date | Opponents | Cap Number |
|---|---|---|
| Cap Date: 10/05/2017 | Opponent: Bath United | Cap Number: 1 |
| Cap Date: 11/09/2019 | Opponent: Georgia Defence Forces | Cap Number: 2 |
| Cap Date: 19/09/2019 | Opponent: France Armed Forces | Cap Number: 3 |
| Cap Date: 23/09/2019 | Opponent: Republic of Fiji Military Forces | Cap Number: 4 |