Joe Roff

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Joe Roff


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placeofbirth = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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school = The Armidale School
Marist College Canberra
university = University of Southern Queensland
University of Oxford
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Australian Schoolboys
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1992–1993
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2005–2006
ru_proclubs = Biarritz Olympique
Kubota Spears
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Joe Roff (born 20 September 1975) is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for Brumbies and Australia. He also had a spell at the French club Biarritz and in 2005-6 at Kubota Spears in Japan's Top League. Of his 86 caps, 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001. His last game was as captain for Oxford against Cambridge in the Varsity Match, December 2007.

Early life

For a time, he attended "The Armidale School" in Northern New South Wales. He was also a student at Marist College Canberra, gaining notoriety as the sports captain of Patrick House. Joe Roff's father, Glenn Roff, is Principal of St John's College, Woodlawn on the Far North Coast of NSW.

Rugby career

He was a leading try scorer for Australia and scored the intercept try in the second British Lions Test in 2001 which allowed Australia to win the game. They went on to win the series. He was a blisteringly fast winger and partnered Ben Tune for the Wallabies. In March 2007 he gave up his position as the top try scorer in Super Rugby when Blues winger Doug Howlett scored his 58th Try. He also holds the record for most tries in a Super 12 season, scoring 15 in 1997.

Midway through the super 12 season of 2004 he announced his retirement to be at the end of the 2004 Wallabies test series and followed through. His farewell from super 12 rugby was a good one because the Brumbies won the super 12 competition that season. When he retired he decided to go to University in England.

Oxford University

Roff matriculated at the University of Oxford, UK in October 2006, and is currently reading a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Harris Manchester College. He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for the Oxford University Rugby Football Club (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture against Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club at Twickenham Stadium on December 12th 2006. Oxford lost this match 15-6. On December 6th 2007, he captained the Blues to their third successive Varsity loss, losing 22-16 to Cambridge, before hanging up his boots for the last time.

Other

In January 2007, he won the "United Kingdom-based Young Australian of the Year for 2007" for his services to Australian Rugby in general. [ [http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3551_1881464,00.html Roff is the UK`s `young Australian` Tuesday 30th January 2007 - Rugby News, Results, Fixtures and Features from Planet-Rugby.com] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.waratahs.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/xxoldxx/rwc_2003_squad/joe_roff_-_wing/fullback,10045.html/group/10060 Wallabies Profile]
* [http://www.usq.edu.au/eliteathletes/profiles/roff.htm University of Queensland profile]
* University of Oxford [http://www.ox.ac.uk]
* Oxford University Rugby Football Club