Matthew Rodwell
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Personal information
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18 November 1971 New South Wales, Australia |
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Playing information
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP
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Matthew Rodwell is a former rugby league player. He played for the Newcastle Knights, Western Reds, St. George Dragons, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Penrith Panthers and the Warrington Wolves as a half-back.
After making his first grade debut from the bench for the Knights in 1990 in a 24-4 loss to Balmain at Leichhardt Oval, Rodwell spent almost all of that year and 1991 playing in reserve grade. In 1992, Knights coach David Waite moved Michael Hagan to Five-eighth and brought Rodwell into the first grade side as the halfback. Rodwell had a brilliant rookie season as the Knights reached the Semi-finals for the first time in their 5-year history. For his efforts, Rodwell won the Dally M Rookie of the Year in 1992 as well as the Norwich Rising Star award.
Despite playing 19 games in 1993 (and being featured in the NSWRL's television advertisement featuring Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes singing Turner's hit song "Simply the Best" with the line "I think rugby league has changed enormously in the past few years"), both Rodwell and the Knights had disappointing seasons finishing in 9th place. Rodwell did not play first grade at all in 1994, and signed with new team, the Perth based Western Reds for 1995. Signing a contract (like most of his Reds team mates) with the rebel Super League in early 1995, Rodwell stayed with the team until the end of the 1997 Super League season.
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