Nickname | The Rocket | ||||||||||||||||
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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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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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Current status | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Biarritz | ||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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Professional clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2007–08 | Brisbane Broncos |
Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2014–16 2016− |
Biarritz Mitsubishi Dynaboars |
50 | (100) |
Correct as of 10 May 2015
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Super Rugby | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2009–14 | Reds | 58 | (95) |
National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2011 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
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.
Davies attended Ipswich Grammar School, the same school former Reds team mate Berrick Barnes attended. Davies can run 100m in 10.8 seconds. In 2006 he toured New Zealand and Fiji with the Australian Schoolboys.
As an 18-year-old, he said he preferred to play full-back in union, yet expected to play wing in rugby league. In 2007, his first senior year of rugby league, Davies topped his team's try-scoring list in the Queensland Cup.
In 2009 Davies commenced his rugby union career with the Queensland Reds. On 28 March 2009, he made his Super Rugby debut against the Chiefs. In July 2011, during the Super Rugby semi final, Davies became the first Red to score 3 tries in a match in Super Rugby.
He signed with French club Biarritz Olympique in June 2014.
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, and competition from within the Wallabies squad from outside backs Drew Mitchell and Lachie Turner, James O'Connor and Kurtley Beale. On 17 July 2011, Davies made his Wallabies debut against Samoa.