Tim Rodber
Tim Rodber was born in Richmond, England, United Kingdom on July 2nd, 1969 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 54, Tim Rodber biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 1987 Rodber joined the Northampton Saints academy and went on to become club captain.
Whilst at Northampton he started in the victorious 2000 Heineken Cup Final as the Saints defeated Munster.
He made his debut for England in the 25–7 victory over Scotland in the 1992 Five Nations Championship.
Good performances including helping England to win the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens title.
On the 1994 England tour to South Africa Rodber became one of the few Englishmen in the 1990s to be sent off when he was given a red card in a violent tour game against Eastern Province for reacting to a stamp on teammate Jon Callard. However, the same tour saw Rodber play a vital role in one of England's best away performance of the decade during the 32–15 win in Pretoria. "Has one ever seen an England team glisten in a ball-game with such a shimmering and sustained diamond brightness?" commented journalist Frank Keating. "Rodber and his forwards were quite stupendous from first to last." Rodber said the aftermath of the sending off, including limiting his physicality when playing and possibly preventing his selection as England captain, stayed with him and negatively impacted his play for several years afterwards.
Rodber earned selection to the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa. He captained the midweek side against Mpumalanga, but was seen initially as behind the other No. 8s for the Test side. However an injury to Scott Quinnell, and then Eric Miller catching flu, led to Rodber starting the First test. Rodber became one of the stand out performers during the tour. He was selected at No.8 for the first two Tests, both of which the Lions won to take the series 2–1.
Injury dogged Rodber's career. He was selected for England for the 1999 Rugby World Cup and was a replacement for the losing quarter final. Rodber retired at the end of the 2000/01 season.