Sam Cordingley

Sam Cordingley

Personal information
Full name	Sam Cordingley
Date of birth	20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) (age 35)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
School(s) attended	St Patrick's Marist College Dundas
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Dundas Valley
Youth representative teams
1995 1996 ‐ 97	Australia U-19 Australia U-21
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2002-2004 2004-2006 2008-2010	Swansea RFC FC Grenoble FC Grenoble
Super Rugby
Provincial sides
	Manly RUFC Brothers	50 (25)
Super Rugby
1998-99 1999-2001 2006-2008 2011	ACT Brumbies Queensland Reds Melbourne Rebels	7 (15) 43 (15) 2 (0)
Representative teams
2000 ‐ 2007 ‐	Australia Australia A	14 (0)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Sam Cordingley (born 20 March 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby union footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the international Super Rugby competition. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist school, Dundas.

Career

He played junior rugby for Dundas Valley.^{[citation needed]} He also played for the Eastwood Rugby Club in Sydney,^{[citation needed]} and made his debut for Queensland against Auckland in 1999. Cordingley subsequently made his Super 12 debut for the Queensland Reds that season in a match against the Wellington Hurricanes.

The following season he was called up to the Wallabies squad and made his debut against Argentina. He went back at the Reds after three seasons in Europe with Welsh side Swansea and Grenoble of France.^[1]

After playing for the Reds in 2006, he was selected for the Wallabies squad. For the European winter season 2008-2009, he returned to FC Grenoble,^[2] in the French Pro D2. The Melbourne Rebels signed Cordingley as a foundation member of their Super Rugby franchise 3 April 2010.^[3][4][5] However, he missed several early season games due to a hip injury.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Cordingley set for Swansea". BBC. 2002-03-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/1881049.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Rebels Media Unit (2011-03-16). "Cordingley on the comeback trail" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. http://www.melbournerebels.com.au/News/ArticleDetails/tabid/270/ArticleID/1673/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-17. 
3. ^ Smith, Wayne (2010-03-12). "Former Wallaby Sam Cordingley approached to join Melbourne Rebels". Australian. News Limited. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/former-wallaby-sam-cordingley-approached-to-join-melbourne-rebels/story-e6frg7mf-1225839765943. Retrieved 2010-03-29. 
4. ^ "Melbourne Rebels land trio of signings". Herald Sun. News Limited. 2010-04-03. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/rugby-union/melbourne-rebels-land-trio-of-signings/story-e6frfgkf-1225849218254. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 
5. ^ Paxinos, Stathi (2010-10-01). "Mentor Cordingley to take on young guns". Age. Fairfax. http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/mentor-cordingley-to-take-on-young-guns-20100930-15zb0.html. Retrieved 2010-10-01. 

External links

• Sam Cordingley Melbourne Rebels profile
• Rebels Media Unit news release, 17 February, 2011
• Sam Cordingley Wallabies profile

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Name	Cordingley, Sam
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Date of birth	20 March 1976
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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