14 Facts About Rod Lawler

Rod Lawler was born on 12 July 1971 and is an English retired professional snooker player.

Rod Lawler is noted for his slow playing style which gave rise to his nickname, "Rod the Plod".

Rod Lawler has compiled over 100 competitive century breaks during his long career.

Rod Lawler's highest is a 143, in qualifying for the 2003 World Championship.

In 1995, Rod Lawler reached the semi-final of the Malta Masters, beating future UK Champion Matthew Stevens in the Quarter Final, however he lost in the semi-final to the home favourite Tony Drago.

Rod Lawler has qualified for the final stages of the World Championship on two occasions, the first being in 1995, where he beat a young Marcus Campbell in qualifying, before losing to Peter Ebdon in the last 32 at the Crucible.

In 1997, Rod Lawler reached the semi-final of the Benson and Hedges Championship, losing a final frame decider against Andy Hicks.

In 2010 however, Rod Lawler did reach the last 32 of the China Open, winning three qualifying matches against Matthew Selt, Dominic Dale, and Ricky Walden.

Rod Lawler reached the third qualifying round in three ranking events.

Rod Lawler then entered the 2012 Q School and reached the semi-finals of Event 3 by beating another former professional Joe Delaney to regain his tour place for the next two seasons.

Rod Lawler made 15 century breaks, more than in any previous season.

Rod Lawler failed to achieve another deep run in a tournament for the rest of the season, but was consistent in qualifying for the main stages of ranking tournaments, and therefore accumulated enough prize money to finish 39th on the rankings list at the end of the season.

In November 2018, after winning his first round match against Anthony Hamilton at the UK Championships, Rod Lawler was criticised for his slow play by World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn taking an average of 39.8s per shot.

Rod Lawler regained his Main Tour Card in May 2022 by qualifying through the first Q School event at Sheffield.