Brett Rodwell (born 23 May 1970) is an Australian former professional
rugby league
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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the Australian
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
(NRL) competition for the
Illawarra Steelers
The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level rugby league competition from 1982 until 1998. On 13 December 1980, they were the ...
and
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...
. He primarily played in the
centres.
Playing career
In 1989, Rodwell was named the Steelers' rookie of the year.
Rodwell was selected to represent
New South Wales
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in game II of the
1995 State of Origin series, scoring one try.
Rodwell played with Illawarra up until the end of the 1997 season before joining South Sydney.
Rodwell played 2 seasons at Souths including the club's final game against Parramatta in 1999 before they were controversially excluded from the competition. This in turn was Rodwell's final game in first grade and he retired after the conclusion of the season.
In 2006, Rodwell was named as a reserve in the Steelers 25th anniversary celebrations ''Team of Steel''.
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References
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1970 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
Illawarra Steelers players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
South Sydney Rabbitohs players
Rugby league centres
Place of birth missing (living people)
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