Rod Wright
Encyclopedia
Rod Wright is an Australia
n former professional rugby league
player, a lock forward with the Penrith Panthers
in the National Rugby League
competition. He later taught as a rugby league coach and as a behavioural teacher at Coombabah State High School.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n former professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player, a lock forward with the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
in the National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
competition. He later taught as a rugby league coach and as a behavioural teacher at Coombabah State High School.
Point scoring summary
| Games | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 286 | - | - | 47 |
Matches played
| Team | Matches | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Penrith Panthers | 43 | 1981–1983 |
Sources
- Whiticker, Alan Alan WhitickerAlan J. Whiticker is an Australian non-fiction author with currently over 30 published books.Whiticker writes primarily on matters pertaining to the history of the sport of rugby league in Australia, but has also published works on subjects as diverse as the Wanda Beach Murders and an adaptation...
& Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney