Rod Petty is a former Australian professional rugby union player. A

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, he is currently a player-coach for

Birmingham and Solihull R.F.C. There have been three rugby clubs, each one a separate legal entity, that have borne the ‘Birmingham & Solihull’ name: ◆ Birmingham & Solihull Rugby Football Club Ltd ('the first club'), founded in 1989 -as an industrial and provident ...

in English National Division 2 North.

Career

A Wallabies cap at U19 and U21 level, Petty also represented the

Australian Sevens The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...

side until 2006. He was named the

New South Wales Rugby Union The New South Wales Rugby Union, or NSWRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within most of the state of New South Wales in Australia. It is a member and founding union of Rugby Australia. Within Australia it is considered t ...

's ''Will Tanner Country Player of the Year 1999'' and was described as "particularly impressive" against the British and Irish Lions in a 2001 tour match. In addition to this he played twice in tour matches against Scotland, and was selected for the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

with the national Sevens side. Petty moved from the

Northern Suburbs Rugby Club Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club in Sydney, Australia, that was formed in 1900 from the merger of the Pirates and Wallaroos clubs. The club competes in the Shute Shield competition run by the New South Wales Rugby Union ...

to join

(then Pertemps Bees) in 2006. He played for the club between 2006 and 2011 and made over 100 appearances, but spent the 2007–08 season at

Stourbridge R.F.C. Stourbridge RFC is a rugby union side based in Stourbridge, West Midlands and play in the fifth tier of the English rugby union league system; Regional 1 Midlands. They play their home games at Stourton Park, which was redeveloped in 2003 to p ...

because of immigration problems caused by a change in the

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's regulations. During the 2008–9 season Petty scored an impressive 16 tries in all competitions and was named Clubman of the Year at the end of the 2010-11 campaign. Petty has also made a number of appearances for Gloucester "A". In 2011, he became player-coach at Bournville. In the summer of 2013 Petty rejoined

as a player-coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petty, Rod Australian rugby union players Living people Stourbridge R.F.C. players Year of birth missing (living people) Rugby union scrum-halves Place of birth missing (living people) Australian expatriate rugby union players in England