Rod Reddy

Infobox rugby league biography
playername = Rod Reddy
fullname = Rodney Reddy
nickname = Rockhampton Rocket

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dateofbirth = 1 March, 1954
placeofbirth = flagicon|AUS Rockhampton
countryofbirth = Australia
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position = Rlp|CE
club1 = leagueicon|St George|size=16 St. George Dragons
year1start = 1972
year1end = 1983
appearances1 = 204
tries1 = 65
goals1 = 1
fieldgoals1 = 0
points1 = 198
club2 = leagueicon|Illawarra Steelers|size=16 Illawarra Steelers
year2start = 1984
year2end = 1985
appearances2 = 33
tries2 = 1
goals2 = 0
fieldgoals2 = 0
points2 = 4
club3 = Barrow Raiders
year3start = 1987
year3end = 1989
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teamA =
yearAstart = 1973
yearAend = 1979
appearancesA = 13
triesA = 3
goalsA = 0
fieldgoalsA = 0
pointsA = 9
teamB =
yearBstart = 1980
yearBend =
appearancesB = 1
triesB = 0
goalsB = 0
fieldgoalsB = 0
pointsB = 0
teamC =
yearCstart = 1977
yearCend = 1982
appearancesC = 16
triesC = 7
goalsC = 0
fieldgoalsC = 0
pointsC = 21
coachteam1 = leagueicon|Adelaide|size=16Adelaide Rams
coachyear1start = 1997
coachyear1end = 1998
coachgames1 = 26
coachwins1 = 7
coachdraws1 = 1
coachlosses1 = 18
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Rod "Rocket" Reddy (born 1 March, 1954 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian former Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the St. George Dragons between 1972 and 1983 and the Illawarra Steelers between 1984 and 1985. He also represented Queensland in the State of Origin and Australia. Australia 1977-82: 16 Tests - 7t (21pts)
Queensland 1980: 1 game (0pts)
New South Wales 1973-80: 13 games - 3t (12pts)
St. George 1972-83: 204 games - 65t, 1g (198pts)
Illawarra 1984-85: 33 games - 1t (4pts)

Rod Reddy took on a player-coach role at Barrow in 1987. Barrow earned promotion to Division One but that campaign saw Barrow manage only one league win and suffer a club record 90-0 defeat at Leeds. Reddy was sacked and Denis Jackson took over as a caretaker coach for the rest of 1989/90

After a successful coaching stint with Cumbria, Reddy took on the reserve grade coaching duties position Brian Smith at St George. He was appointed Smith’s successor as coach in 1996 but embraced the Super League concept and walked out on his former club before a match was played. After sitting out the 1996 season while Super League successfully lodged its appeal, Reddy was the inaugural coach of the Adelaide Rams in 1997’s Super League season.

After a poor start to the 1998 season, Reddy and his coaching staff were sacked by the Rams’ adminsitration, and the club folded at the end of the year. He has since linked with Parramatta as assistant coach to Brian Smith.

Rodney is the father of the current Queensland Roar soccer goalkeeper Liam Reddy, Adelaide Thunderbirds netball goalkeeper Bianca Reddy and Parramatta Eels rugby league back Joel Reddy.

External links

* [http://www.stateoforigin.com.au/soogame/PlayerDetails.aspx?Pid=379 Rod Reddy at stateoforigin.com.au]
* [http://www.eraofthebiff.com/p49a.html Rod Reddy at eraofthebiff.com]
* [http://www.qrl.com.au/qrl_history/qld_rep_r.php Queensland Representatives at qrl.com.au]