Joe Roff
| Date of birth | 20 September 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Heathcote, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School |
The Armidale School Marist College Canberra |
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| University |
University of Southern Queensland University of Oxford |
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| Position | Wing / Fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001–2002 2005–2006 |
Biarritz Olympique Kubota Spears |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1994-2004 | ACT | 82 | (520) |
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Correct as of 22 June 2014
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996–2004 | Brumbies | 86 | (588) |
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Correct as of 22 June 2014
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996–2004 1992–1993 |
Australia Australian Schoolboys |
86 | (249) |
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Correct as of 22 June 2014
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Joe Roff (born 20 September 1975, in Melbourne) is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for Brumbies and Australia and played 5 tests as a centre in the early part of his test career. He also had a spell at the French club Biarritz and in 2005-6 at Kubota Spears in Japan's Top League Of his 86 caps, 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001. His final game saw him captain Oxford against Cambridge in the 2007 Varsity Match.
For a time, he attended the Armidale School in Armidale, New South Wales. He was also a student at Marist College Canberra. Joe Roff's father, Glenn Roff, was Principal of St John's College, Woodlawn.
After a successful junior career he was selected at age 19 for Australia's 1995 world cup squad, making his debut against Canada and scoring a try, followed by another 2 against Romania.
By 1996 he was a more regular feature in the starting test side before becoming a firm test player for the 1999 world cup win and the back to back tri nations wins of 2000 and 2001. He was also a capable goal kicker, kicking 18 penalties and 20 conversions in his test career.
Roff scored the intercept try in the second British Lions Test in 2001 which turned the test in Australia's before they went on to win the game, squaring the series. They went on to win the series. He was known for his blistering pace, deft touches, and work at the breakdown. Until March 2007 he was the top try scorer in Super Rugby before he was overtaken by Doug Howlett. He also holds the record for most tries in a Super 12 season, scoring 15 in 1997.
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