Rodney Davies
Full name | Rodney Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 May 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ipswich Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney Davies (born 18 May 1989) is a rugby union player who is an Australian-Filipino currently playing for the French club Biarritz Olympique. He previously played six seasons for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition and is a former rugby league footballer.
Early life
Davies attended Ipswich Grammar School, the same school former Reds team mate Berrick Barnes attended. Davies can run 100m in 10.8 seconds.[1] In 2006 he toured New Zealand and Fiji with the Australian Schoolboys.[2]
As an 18-year-old, he said he preferred to play full-back in union, yet expected to play wing in rugby league.[2] In 2007, his first senior year of rugby league, Davies topped his team's try-scoring list in the Queensland Cup.[3]
Rugby union career
In 2009 Davies commenced his rugby union career with the Queensland Reds.[citation needed] On 28 March 2009, he made his Super Rugby debut against the Chiefs.[citation needed] In July 2011, during the Super Rugby semi final, Davies became the first Red to score 3 tries in a match in Super Rugby.[1]
He signed with French club Biarritz Olympique in June 2014.[4]
Wallabies
In October, 2010, he was in contention for a place in the Wallabies 30-man squad to tour Hong Kong and Europe. This was despite a five-month break without a match up until October,[5] and competition from within the Wallabies squad from outside backs Drew Mitchell and Lachie Turner, James O'Connor and Kurtley Beale.[5] On 17 July 2011, Davies made his Wallabies debut against Samoa.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Rocket Rod Davies to showcase his skills". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2013.[dead link]
- ^ a b Davies faces tough choice
- ^ "Broncos profile". Brisbane Broncos. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.[dead link]
- ^ "Davies signs with French club Biarritz". The Courier-Mail. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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External links
- It's Rugby stats
- Reds profile[dead link]
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1989 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- Australian people of Filipino descent
- Australia international rugby union players
- Queensland Reds players
- Brisbane Broncos players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby league wingers
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Living people
- Super Rugby players
- Biarritz Olympique players
- Mitsubishi Dynaboars players
- Australian expatriate rugby union players
- Australian expatriates in France
- Australian expatriates in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan