John Roe (rugby union)
| Birth name | John Roe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane Boys College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Roe (born 10 April 1977 in Brisbane) is an Australian physician and a former international rugby union player. He played in the back row for the national team and captained the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. Roe was educated at Brisbane Boys' College. He graduated in medicine on 15 December 2006 from the University of Queensland.[3]
Career
Roe played for Queensland for the first time in a match against the visiting
1999 tour to Australia.[4]
In 2001 he made his
Wallabies against Namibia at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
held in Australia.
He played his 50th game for the Queensland Reds in the 2004 Super 14 season against the
Roe retired from playing at the age of 31 after the 2008 Super 14 season, following a career-ending shoulder injury.[6]
References
- ^ "Wests Queensland Reds Centurions". Wests Bulldogs Rugby. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "John Roe". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "John Roe Medicine". uq.edu.au. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- ^ "Annual Report 1999" (PDF). Queensland Rugby. 1999. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF 1.9 MB) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "John Roe". rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
- ^ "Roe forced to retire". Scrum.com. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2020.