{{short description|Wales international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Gavin Bennion |fullname = |image = Gavin Bennion.jpg |position = {{rlp|PR|SR}} |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|31|df=y}} |birth_place = Warrington, Cheshire, England |height = {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|17|st|5|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |club1 = Warrington Wolves |year1start = 2012 |year1end = 14 |appearances1 = 0 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 0 |club2 = → Swinton Lions |year2start = 2013<small>(loan)</small> |year2end = |appearances2 = 6 |tries2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 4 |club3 = {{nowrap|→ Featherstone Rovers}} |year3start = 2014<small>(loan)</small> |year3end = |appearances3 = 1 |tries3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 0 |club4 = → Swinton Lions |year4start = 2014<small>(loan)</small> |year4end = |appearances4 = 11 |tries4 = 1 |goals4 = 0 |fieldgoals4 = 0 |points4 = 4 |club5 = Halifax |year5start = 2016 |year5end = |appearances5 = 20 |tries5 = 2 |goals5 = 0 |fieldgoals5 = 0 |points5 = 8 |club6 = Rochdale Hornets |year6start = 2017 |year6end = |appearances6 = 28 |tries6 = 1 |goals6 = 0 |fieldgoals6 = 0 |points6 = 4 |club7 = Salford Red Devils |year7start = 2018 |year7end = |appearances7 = 2 |tries7 = 0 |goals7 = 0 |fieldgoals7 = 0 |points7 = 0 |club8 = → Swinton Lions |year8start = 2018<small>(loan)</small> |year8end = |appearances8 = 7 |tries8 = 0 |goals8 = 0 |fieldgoals8 = 0 |points8 = 0 |club9 = → Oldham |year9start = 2018<small>(loan)</small> |year9end = |appearances9 = 2 |tries9 = 1 |goals9 = 0 |fieldgoals9 = 0 |points9 = 4 |club10 = → Rochdale Hornets |year10start = 2018<small>(loan)</small> |year10end = |appearances10 = 4 |tries10 = 0 |goals10 = 0 |fieldgoals10 = 0 |points10 = 0 |club11 = Swinton Lions |year11start = 2019 |year11end = 20 |appearances11 = 24 |tries11 = 8 |goals11 = 0 |fieldgoals11 = 0 |points11 = 32 |club12 = {{nowrap|Rochdale Hornets}} |year12start = 2021 |year12end = 22 |appearances12 = 20 |tries12 = 5 |goals12 = 0 |fieldgoals12 = 0 |points12 = 20 |club13 = {{nowrap|Swinton Lions}} |year13start = 2023 |year13end = 24 |appearances13 = 33 |tries13 = 1 |goals13 = 0 |fieldgoals13 = 0 |points13 = 4 | club14 = {{nowrap|Widnes Vikings}} | year14start = 2025 | year14end = | appearances14 = 18 | tries14 = 0 | goals14 = 0 | fieldgoals14 = 0 | points14 = 0 |teamA = Wales |yearAstart = 2017 |yearAend = 25 |appearancesA = 5 |triesA = 1 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 4 |new = yes |retired = |source = <ref>{{Rugby league records|title=Gavin Bennion|id=612 |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-bennion/summary.html summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> | updated = {{date|{{REVISIONTIMESTAMP}}|DMY}} }}
'''Gavin Bennion''' (born 31 December 1993) is a former Wales international rugby league footballer who last played as a {{rlp|pr}} or {{rlp|sr}} for the Widnes Vikings in the RFL Championship.<ref name="Report: Halifax make emphatic comeback to beat Oldham">{{cite web|url=https://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article/48855/reprt-halifax-make-emphatic-comeback-to-beat-oldham?tag=cashfax|title=Report: Halifax make emphatic comeback to beat Oldham|publisher=Widnes Vikings|date=4 September 2016|accessdate=27 September 2016}}</ref>
==Background== Bennion was born in Warrington, Cheshire, England.
==Playing career== Bennion has previously played for the Mackay Cutters and spent time on loan at the Swinton Lions, Oldham RLFC and Featherstone Rovers.<ref name="Fax sign Smeaton, Bennion for 2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/rugby/halifax-rlfc/fax-sign-smeaton-bennion-for-2016-1-7557462|title=Fax sign Smeaton, Bennion for 2016|publisher=Halifax Courier|date=6 November 2015|accessdate=27 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Warrington Wolves name Bennion and Saltonstall in their squad to face Salford City Reds">{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sport/wolves/10455989.Wolves_name_Bennion_and_Saltonstall_in_their_squad_to_face_Salford/|title=Warrington Wolves name Bennion and Saltonstall in their squad to face Salford City Reds|publisher=Warrington Guardian|date=31 May 2013|accessdate=27 September 2016}}</ref>
=== Rochdale Hornets (re-join) === On 11 Jul 2020 it was reported that he had signed for Rochdale Hornets in the RFL League 1<ref>{{cite web|website=www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk|date=11 Jul 2020|accessdate=22 Feb 2021|title=Gavin Bennion to return to Hornets in 2021|url=https://www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/article/666/gavin-bennion-to-return-to-hornets-in-2021}}</ref>
===Widnes Vikings=== On 30 Oct 2024 it was reported that he had signed for Widnes Vikings in the RFL Championship on a 1-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|website=Widnes Vikings|date=30 Oct 2024|accessdate=27 Dec 2024|title=GAVIN BENNION JOINS VIKINGS FOR 2025|url=https://widnesvikings.co.uk/gavin-bennion-joins-vikings-for-2025/}}</ref>
On 28 November 2025 he announced his retirement from professional rugby<ref>{{cite web|website=Total RL|date=28 Nov 2025|author=James Gordon|title=Wales prop Gavin Bennion announces immediate retirement|url=https://www.totalrl.com/wales-prop-gavin-bennion-announces-immediate-retirement/}}</ref>
===International career=== He was selected in the Wales 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 October 2019|title=16-man squad for 9s World Cup revealed|url=https://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/16722/-man-squad-for-s-world-cup-revealed|publisher=Wales RL|accessdate=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010051335/https://www.walesrugbyleague.co.uk/article/16722/-man-squad-for-s-world-cup-revealed|archive-date=10 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://www.salfordreddevils.net/team/gavin-bennion/ Salford Red Devils profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170228211158/https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/squads/first_team/player_info?519501-Ben-Heaton Halifax profile] *[http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=426#Gavin-Bennion 2017 RLWC profile] *[http://www.rugby-league.com/superleague/player-info/20678 SL profile] *[https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=164896&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3 Wales profile] *[https://www.nrl.com/players/rugby-league-world-cup/wales/gavin-bennion/ Welsh profile]
{{Wales 2017 Rugby League World Cup squad}} {{Wales 2021 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennion, Gavin}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:English rugby league players Category:Featherstone Rovers players Category:Halifax Panthers players Category:Mackay Cutters players Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players Category:Rochdale Hornets players Category:Rugby league players from Warrington Category:Rugby league props Category:Rugby league second-rows Category:Swinton Lions players Category:Wales national rugby league team players Category:Warrington Wolves players Category:Widnes Vikings players