Rodney Davies (born 18 May 1989) is an Australian international rugby union footballer who plays for the Western Force. He previously played six seasons for the Queensland Reds in the

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competition. Davies has represented Australia in both fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby. He is also a former rugby league footballer.

Early life

Davies attended Ipswich Grammar School, the same school former Reds teammate

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attended. Davies can run 100m in 10.8 seconds. In 2006 he toured New Zealand and Fiji with the Australian Schoolboys.Davies faces tough choice
/ref> As an 18-year-old, he said he preferred to play full-back in union, yet expected to play in rugby league. In 2007, his first senior year of rugby league, Davies topped his team's try-scoring list in the Queensland Cup.

Rugby union career

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Davies commenced his rugby union career with the Queensland Reds. On 28 March 2009, he made his

debut against the Chiefs. In July 2011, during the Super Rugby semi final, Davies became the first Red to score 3 tries in a match in Super Rugby. Davies signed with French club Biarritz Olympique in June 2014, playing two seasons. He played for

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in 2017, before joining the Western Force in 2018.

International

In October, 2010, he was in contention for a place in the Wallabies 30-man squad to tour Hong Kong and Europe. This was despite a five-month break without a match up until October, and competition from within the Wallabies squad from outside backs Drew Mitchell and

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and Kurtley Beale. On 17 July 2011, Davies made his Wallabies debut against Samoa. Davies was selected in the team in 2019 and made his debut at the Canada Sevens tournament in Vancouver.

References

External links

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