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Biography
Jonny Bentley (born 1 July 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Ealing Trailfinders.
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. 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.
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. On 6 June 2014, Bentley returned to the RFU Championship as he signed a contract to join Jersey for the 2014-15 season. On 28 April 2015 Jonny Bentley confirmed his departure from JerseyOn 28 May 2015, Bentley returned to New Zealand to sign for his province Wellington Lions for the 2015 ITM Cup campaign. Bentley returned to the RFU Championship with Ealing Trailfinders for the rest of the 2015-16 season.