Sam Cordingley Explained

Sam Cordingley
Birth Name:Sam Cordingley
Birth Date:20 March 1976
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Height:178cm (70inches)
Weight:87kg (192lb)
School:St Patrick's Marist College Dundas
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Youthyears1: 
Youthclubs1:Dundas Valley
Years1:2002–04
Years2:2004–06
Years3:2008–10
Clubs1:Swansea
Clubs2:Grenoble
Clubs3:Grenoble
Apps2:15
Apps3:33
Points2:0
Points3:5
Province1:Manly
Province2:Brothers
Provinceapps2:50
Provincepoints2:25
Superyears1:1998–99
Superyears2:1999–2001 2006–08
Superyears3:2011
Super1:Brumbies
Super2:Reds
Super3:Rebels
Superapps1:7
Superapps2:58
Superapps3:2
Superpoints1:15
Superpoints2:15
Superpoints3:0
Repyears1:2000–
Repyears2:2008–
Repteam1:Australia
Repteam2:Australia A
Repcaps1:23
Reppoints1:0
Repsevensyears1: 

Sam "Rat" Cordingley (born 20 March 1976) is a former Australian rugby union footballer and member of the Wallabies. Before retirement he played for the Melbourne Rebels. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist College, Dundas.

Career

He played junior rugby for Dundas Valley. He also played for theEastwood Rugby Club in Sydney, and made his debut for Queensland against Auckland in 1999. Cordingley made his Super 12 debut for the Queensland Reds that season in a match against the Wellington Hurricanes.

The following season he was called up to the Wallabies squad and made his debut against Argentina. He went back at the Reds after three seasons in Europe with Welsh side Swansea and Grenoble of France.[1]

After playing for the Reds in 2006, he was selected for the Wallabies squad. For the European winter season 2008–09, he returned to FC Grenoble,[2] in the French Pro D2. The Melbourne Rebels signed Cordingley as a foundation member of their Super Rugby franchise 3 April 2010.[3] [4] [5] However, he missed several games early in the 2011 Super Rugby season due to a hip injury.

After retirement

Cordingley remained with the Rebels after the 2011 season. In 2012, he was 'Player Recruitment Manager', first point of contact for prospective Rebels players,[6] and continued as 'list manager' in 2013.[7] [8] Early in 2014 Cordingley became General Manager of Rugby Operations at QRU.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cordingley set for Swansea. BBC. 19 March 2002 . 9 February 2008.
  2. Rebels Media Unit . 16 March 2011 . Melbourne Rebels . Cordingley on the comeback trail . 17 March 2011.
  3. Web site: Smith . Wayne . 12 March 2010 . The Australian . Former Wallaby Sam Cordingley approached to join Melbourne Rebels . 29 March 2010.
  4. Web site: 3 April 2010 . Melbourne Rebels land trio of signings . Herald Sun . 3 April 2010 .
  5. Web site: 1 October 2010 . Stathi . Paxinos . The Age . Mentor Cordingley to take on young guns . 1 October 2010.
  6. Web site: Rebels . Recruitment . Melbourne Rebels . 21 September 2012 .
  7. Web site: Stathi . Paxinos. 3 February 2013 . Rebellious youth set to take over . 3 February 2013 . Rugby Heaven .
  8. Melbourne Rebels . Rebels sign Tom Kingston . Rebels Media Unit . 31 May 2013 . 31 May 2013.
  9. QLD Reds . Sam Cordingley joins QRU as General Manager of Rugby Operations . 11 December 2013 . 21 March 2014.