John Roe (rugby)

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John Roe
Personal information
Full name John Roe
Date of birth 10 April 1977 (1977-04-10) (age 31)
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 105 kg (16 st 7 lb)
School(s) attended Brisbane Boys College
University(s) University of Queensland
Club information
Position(s) Number Eight
Current club Wests
Number 8
Youth clubs
Years Club
Easts
Super Rugby
Provincial sides
1999 ‐ Queensland Reds 97 (80)
Super Rugby
2001 ‐ Queensland Reds 72 (60)
Representative teams
2003 ‐ Australia
Australia A		 19 (10)
Sevens National teams
Australia

John Roe (born on 10 April 1977 in Brisbane) is an Australian rugby union player. His plays in the back row and currently plays for the Queensland Reds in the international Super 14 competition and has captained them. He was educated at Brisbane Boys' College. Roe Graduated from Medicine on 15th December 2006 from University of Queensland [1]

[edit] Career

He played for Queensland for the first time in 1999 in a match against a United States side. It was however in 2001 when he made his Super 12 (now, Super 14) debut for the Queensland Reds, in a match against the Highlanders, a New Zealand side from Dunedin. He went on to make appearances for both Australia A and the Australian Rugby sevens team. In 2003, Roe made his test debut for the Wallabies against Namibia at the 2003 Rugby World Cup held in Australia.

He played his 50th game for the Queensland Reds in the 2004 Super 14 season, playing against the Crusaders, scoring a try in the match.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Roe Medicine. uq.edu.au. Retrieved on 21 Jan 2007.
  2. ^ John Roe. rugby.com.au. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.

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