Full name | Izack Rodda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lismore, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 123 kg (19 st 5 lb; 271 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ipswich Grammar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Izack Rodda (born 20 August 1996) is an Australian professional rugby union player. He signed for Provence Rugby for the 2024/25 season after leaving Western Force in Super Rugby. Rodda previously played for the Queensland Reds and French Top 14 team Lyon OU.[2] He is capped for the Australian national team and played at the Rugby World Cup in 2019. His regular position is lock.
Family and early life
[edit]Izack Rodda was born in Lismore in Northern New South Wales,[1] around 40 kilometres north of his home town of Evans Head.[3] He started playing junior rugby union on the Far North Coast for Lismore City Rugby Club. Rodda was selected for NSW Country junior teams,[4] and also played some rugby league in his early years as a lock forward or prop.[5]
The young Rodda switched his focus to playing rugby union at the age of thirteen, initially as a number eight but later at lock as he grew in stature.[5] He attended Ipswich Grammar in Queensland for his final two years of high school and was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in 2014.[4]
Rugby career
[edit]Rodda joined the Easts Tigers club in Brisbane to play Queensland Premier Rugby,[3] and he represented the Queensland Under-20 team in 2015 and 2016.[6] He signed a train-on contract with the Queensland Reds in 2016,[6] and played in the National Rugby Championship that year for Queensland Country where former All Blacks test lock Brad Thorn coached the forwards squad.[3][6][7]
In 2017, he made his Super Rugby debut for the Reds in the opening round of the season, playing South African team the Sharks in Brisbane,[8] as a substitute for Rob Simmons in the final 18 minutes of a 28–26 win.[9] He played his first match as a starter for the Reds in Brisbane two weeks later against New Zealand side the Crusaders in a narrow 20–22 loss.[8][10]
Rodda was selected for the Wallabies squad by national coach Michael Cheika in the lead up to The Rugby Championship series of 2017.[11][12][13][14] He gained his first Test cap for Australia in the final stages of the second Bledisloe Cup match of 2017, in a close 35–29 loss to New Zealand at Dunedin.[citation needed]
In June 2020, Rodda signed with French Top 14 side LOU on a one-year contract.[15] Rodda had previously left the Reds following a refusal to take a pay cut in May 2020.[16]
He returned to Australia in 2021 to join the Western Force.[2]
Super Rugby statistics
[edit]- As of 29 February 2020:[17]
Season | Team | Apps | Start | Sub | Mins | T | C | PG | DG | Pts | YC | RC |
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2017 | Reds | 12 | 5 | 7 | 425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Reds | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1166 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Reds | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Reds | 5 | 4 | 1 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 46 | 38 | 8 | 2991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Izack Rodda". Reds Rugby. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ a b Grant, Lachlan (11 June 2021). "Izack Rodda begins journey home from France". NBN News. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Tucker, Jim (21 April 2017). "Reds build monster with 'buffet diet' to help end three years of subservience to NSW". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ a b Cheadle, Barry (11 September 2014). "Evans Head team selected for Australian rugby tour of NZ". The Northern Star. Lismore: APN News & Media. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ a b Gould, Joel (15 August 2017). "Izack Rodda's star on rise as Wallaby debut beckons". The Queensland Times. Ipswich: Quest. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ a b c McKay, Brett (21 September 2016). "NRC: Izack Rodda makes his mark". Australian Rugby. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Brad Thorn to coach Queensland Country in National Rugby Championship". Fox Rugby. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ a b Tucker, Jim (9 March 2017). "Giant Reds rookie Izack Rodda set to relegate Wallaby Kane Douglas to Reds bench". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Match Centre: Reds 28-26 Sharks". SANZAAR. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Match Centre: Reds 20-22 Crusaders". SANZAAR. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Craig, Mitchell (20 July 2017). "Rodda named in Wallabies squad". The Northern Star. Lismore: APN News & Media. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Pandaram, Jamie (14 August 2017). "Wallabies set to pick 20-year-old rookie Izack Rodda against All Blacks in Bledisloe Cup opener". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "7 new caps in Wallabies squad for Bledisloe Cup". Pattaya Mail. Thailand. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "L'Australie prepare un groupe tres rajeuni". Le Figaro (in French). Paris. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Le LOU recrute l'international australien Izack Rodda". Le Figaro (in French). Paris. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "L'Australien Rodda suspendu pour avoir refusé de baisser son salaire". Le Figaro (in French). Paris. 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Player Statistics". Its 'Rugby. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Izack Rodda at ESPNscrum
- Izack Rodda at ItsRugby.co.uk