Rod Silva

Rod Silva (born 1967, Penrith, Australia [http://www.bulldogs.com.au/main.php?page=player&id=603 Bulldogs profile] ) was an Australian rugby league player of indigenous background. [cite news|date=May 9, 2003|url=http://www20.sbs.com.au/news/livingblack/index.php?action=proginfo&id=131|title=Koori Cops|accessdate =2008-09-10|publisher=SBS|work=World News|] He initially played football for the Sydney Roosters from 1988 - 1995. In 1995, Phil Gould joined the Bulldogs as coach and moved Silva to reserve grade, ultimately cutting him from the team. In the middle of the reason of that year Silva joined the Canterbury Bulldogs and took their troubled fullback position, ultimately scoring the final try in the Bulldogs grand final win against Manly that year. [cite news|date=April 4, 2008|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=30057|title=BULLDOGS V ROOSTERS: FROM BLUE & WHITE EYES|accessdate =2008-09-10|publisher=Rugbyleague.com]

Silva retired from professional Rugby League in 2001. It has been remarked that he is the last of the pedigree of NRL players that also worked as Police Officers. [cite news|date=March 5, 2005|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/League/Taking-league-by-force/2005/03/04/1109700674273.html|title=Taking Rugby League by Force|accessdate=2008-09-10|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald]

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