Rod Reddy was born on 1 March 1954 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.
16 Facts About Rod Reddy
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Rod Reddy represented Queensland in the State of Origin and the Australia national rugby league team.
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Rod Reddy coached the Adelaide Rams for their only two seasons.
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Rod Reddy was a member of premiership winning teams in 1977 and 1979.
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Rod Reddy made the first of 17 representative appearances for Australia in 1977, and is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No 497.
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Rod Reddy was selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France and in the first Test was named man-of-the-match.
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Rod Reddy was selected to play for Queensland in the first State of Origin match played on 8 July 1980.
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Rod Reddy was one Australia's "Invincibles" in the 1982 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France.
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Rod Reddy moved to the Illawarra Steelers in 1984 and played for one last season in 1985 before retiring.
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Rod Reddy took on a player-coach role at Barrow in 1987.
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Rod Reddy 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.
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Rod Reddy was the assistant coach at the Wests Tigers under head coach Jason Taylor but departed the club in 2015 being sacked by Jason Taylor in a cleanout.
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On 25 July 2019, Rod Reddy labelled Wests player Robbie Farah the "Most selfish player I have ever been involved with while either playing the game or coaching bar none".
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Rod Reddy is the father of Perth Glory football goalkeeper Liam Reddy, Adelaide Thunderbirds netball goalkeeper Bianca Reddy and South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league back Joel Reddy.
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Rod Reddy was awarded Life Membership of the St George Dragons in 1981.
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On 20 July 2022, Rod Reddy was named in the St George Dragons District Rugby League Clubs team of the century.