# Brett Rodwell

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{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name     = Brett Rodwell
|fullname       = 
|image          =  
|caption        =  
|position       = {{Rlp|CE}}
|birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|23|df=yes}}
|height         = {{Convert|185|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight         = {{Convert|91|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}
|retired = yes
|club1          = [Illawarra Steelers](/source/Illawarra_Steelers)
|year1start     = 1989
|year1end       = 97
|appearances1   = 156
|tries1         = 60 
|goals1         = 8 
|fieldgoals1    = 0 
|points1        = 256
|club2          = [South Sydney](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs)
|year2start     = 1998
|year2end       = 99
|appearances2   = 46
|tries2         = 10 
|goals2         = 0 
|fieldgoals2    = 0 
|points2        = 40
|teamA          = [NSW Country](/source/New_South_Wales_Country_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart     = 1991
|yearAend       = 95
|appearancesA   = 3
|triesA         = 0 
|goalsA         = 0 
|fieldgoalsA    = 0 
|pointsA        = 0
|teamB          = [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_state_rugby_league_team)
|yearBstart     = 1995
|yearBend       =  
|appearancesB   = 1
|triesB         = 1 
|goalsB         = 0 
|fieldgoalsB    = 0 
|pointsB        = 4
|updated        = 12 February 2019
|source         =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brett-rodwell/summary.html|title=Brett Rodwell – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
}}

'''Brett Rodwell''' (born 23 May 1970) is an Australian former professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the Australian [National Rugby League](/source/National_Rugby_League) (NRL) competition for the [Illawarra Steelers](/source/Illawarra_Steelers) and [South Sydney Rabbitohs](/source/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs). He primarily played in the [centres](/source/Rugby_league_positions).

==Playing career==
In 1989, Rodwell was named the Steelers' rookie of the year.

Rodwell was selected to represent [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team) in game II of the [1995 State of Origin series](/source/1995_State_of_Origin_series), scoring one try.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rugby League Tables|title=State Of Origin – Game 2, 1995|url=http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game44.html|accessdate=2007-12-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001005322/http://stats.rleague.com/rl/soo/game44.html|archivedate=1 October 2007 }}</ref>

Rodwell played with Illawarra up until the end of the 1997 season before joining South Sydney.

Rodwell played 2 seasons at Souths including the club's final game against Parramatta in 1999 before they were controversially excluded from the competition.  This in turn was Rodwell's final game in first grade and he retired after the conclusion of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssralmanac.com/mobile/players_r/player_rodwell_brett.htm|title=South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report – Brett Rodwell|website=ssralmanac.com}}</ref>

In 2006, Rodwell was named as a reserve in the Steelers 25th anniversary celebrations ''Team of Steel''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rleague.com|title=Star studded team of steel announced|url=http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=25681|accessdate=2007-12-07|date=2006-06-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114013840/http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=25681|archivedate=14 January 2010}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* {{cite book| last1=Whiticker|first1=Alan|last2=Hudson|first2=Glen|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=[Wetherill Park, New South Wales](/source/Wetherill_Park%2C_New_South_Wales)|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|pages=609}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodwell, Brett}}
Category:1970 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Category:Country New South Wales Origin rugby league team players
Category:Illawarra Steelers players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:South Sydney Rabbitohs players
Category:Rugby league centres
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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