| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rod Fredrick Jensen | |||||
| Nickname | Rocket, the Bod | |||||
| Born | 19 January 1979 North Queensland, Australia |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1998 | Adelaide Rams | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 1999–03 | Canberra Raiders | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2004–07 | North Queensland | 58 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2007–08 | Huddersfield Giants | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Total | 130 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 196 | |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
Rod Frederick Jensen (born January 19, 1979 in Atherton, Queensland) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Northern Pride in the QLD CupHe has previously played for Huddersfield Giants in Super League in the United Kingdom.
Jensen attended school at St Augustine's College and previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. He is a qualified Teacher and graduated from James Cook University of North Queensland in 2005.
Jensen played from the interchange bench in the North Queensland Cowboys' first ever grand final in 2005 which was lost to the Wests Tigers.
He was known for his ability to play many positions with speed and agility and was nicknamed 'Rocket' accordingly. Jensen lived up to his nickname in the closing stages of the 2007 Super League with several length of the field tries including a burst from his own line versus Warrington Wolves where he put himself forward as one of Super League's fastest men by outpacing Kevin Penny who is one of the fastest players in Super League.
He scored 19 tries for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup before his retirement following the conclusion of the 2009 season.[1]