Rodney Seib (born 1975) is an

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professional rugby union coach and a former player for

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and

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. He also played for

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in rugby sevens.

Family and early life

Rod Seib attended

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

, graduating in 1992. His father, Ian Seib, played first-class cricket for

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

in the 1970s.

Rugby career

Australian Sevens and Queensland

Seib joined the Sunnybank rugby club in Brisbane. He played for the Queensland Under-21 team in 1995, and was capped for the Australia 7s side, touring in 1999 to Uruguay and Argentina. Later that year, after a standout season with Sunnybank for which he was awarded Queensland Rugby Union's XXXX Medal for player of the year (shared with Richard Graham of Easts), Seib was selected to play for the

in the Ricoh National championship. He was capped three times for Queensland, including a match against on their 2000 tour.

Aberdeen and Glasgow

Seib moved to Scotland the following year. Signing in 2001, he played for

Aberdeen GSFP Aberdeen Grammar School FP RFC, also known as Aberdeen Grammar, are an amateur rugby union club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. They currently compete in the . The club plays its home games at Rubislaw in the city's west end. Honours *Scottish Na ...

. Seib captained the Aberdeen side from 2002–06. He was also included in Aberdeen's Sevens squad. In season 2002–03, Seib was called up to

back up squad. Such was his form for club side Aberdeen, there was much talk of Seib's move to the provincial Glasgow side being made permanent, however, work commitments prevented him joining Glasgow full-time. He played in the Warriors' match against Harlequins on 9 August 2002. Seib won the Player's player of the year for the BT Premiership in 2003–04.

Coaching career

Seib was made Head Coach of Aberdeen in 2011. From 2012 he coached

Sunnybank Rugby Sunnybank Rugby Union Club is an Australian rugby union club based in the Brisbane suburb of Sunnybank, Queensland, currently competing in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. It was established in 1969 and has won three premierships sinc ...

. He later became an Assistant Coach at Brisbane City with responsibility for the team's attack. In 2016 he was promoted to Brisbane City's Head Coach position. Seib became head coach of in 2018. In 2019, Seib returned to full time coaching as head coach of the

Academy. Since 2020 he has been assistant coach at the

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Outside rugby

Away from rugby, Seib was a physical education teacher. He started teaching at Saint Stephen's College, Upper Coomera. While in Aberdeen he taught at Bridge of Don Academy.

References

External links

Seib inspires Aberdeen rout - The TelegraphFarewell to a Sunnyback legendSunnybank farewell head coach Rod Seib - YoutubeInterview with Rod Seib
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seib, Rod 1975 births Living people Glasgow Warriors players Australian rugby union players Australian rugby union coaches Aberdeen GSFP RFC players Queensland Reds players People educated at Brisbane State High School Rugby union centres Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Queensland Rugby union players from Brisbane