# Rod Kafer

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{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}
{{COI|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name              = Rod Kafer
| image             =
| caption           = 
| birth_name        = Rodney Bruce Kafer
| birth_place       = [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales), [Australia](/source/Australia)
| death_date        = 
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|m=1.76}}
| weight            = {{convert|101|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| position          = [Centre](/source/Centre_(rugby_union))<br/>[Flyhalf](/source/Fly-half_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1        = 
| amatteam1         = 
| amupdate          = 
| repteam1          = {{nrut|Australia}}
| repyears1         = 1999–2000
| repcaps1          = 12
| reppoints1        = 5
| repupdate         = 
| years1            = 2001–03
| clubs1            = [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers)
| apps1             = 34
| points1           = 30
| clubupdate        = 
| super1            = [Brumbies](/source/Brumbies)
| superyears1       = 1996–2001
| superapps1        = 37
| superpoints1      = 50
| currentclub       = 
| superupdate       = 
| province1         = [ACT and Southern NSW](/source/ACT_and_Southern_NSW_Rugby_Union)
| provinceyears1    = 1991–2001
| provinceapps1     = 89
| provincepoints1   = 59
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| repsevensyears1   = 
| repsevenscomp1    = 
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| coachteams1       = 
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| occupation        = [Wallabies](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team) and [Brumbies](/source/Brumbies) [rugby player](/source/Rugby_union), [Chief Executive Officer](/source/Chief_Executive_Officer), [Managing Director](/source/Managing_Director)
| school            = [Canberra Grammar School](/source/Canberra_Grammar_School)
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1971|06|25|df=yes}} 
}}

'''Rodney B. Kafer''' (born 25 June 1971) is a retired [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player for the [ACT Brumbies](/source/Brumbies) and the Australian [Wallabies](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team). He is remembered by Brumbies fans for kicking a drop-goal in the final minute in a 2001 game against the Cats giving the Brumbies a one-point win. He now works for [Fox Sports](/source/Fox_Sports_(Australia)) as a rugby commentator and has a weekly segment on the show ''Rugby HQ'' called "Fox Field".
He attended [Canberra Grammar School](/source/Canberra_Grammar_School) in his youth. At the age of 15 he was diagnosed with [type 1 diabetes](/source/type_1_diabetes).<ref>[https://archive.today/20130411182232/http://www.runsweet.com/Rugby.html Run sweet account of Kafer's diabetes (google cache)]</ref>

Kafer was the first player to have received winners medals from the major Southern and Northern Hemisphere rugby tournaments, the [Super 12](/source/Super_Rugby) with the [ACT Brumbies](/source/ACT_Brumbies) in 2001 and the [Heineken Cup](/source/Heineken_Cup) with the [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers) in 2002.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/european/2008245.stm
|title=Tigers retain European Cup
|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)
|date=25 May 2002 |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

Kafer moved to the northern hemisphere in 2001 and spent two years playing for the Leicester Tigers before signing as player coach for [Saracens F.C.](/source/Saracens_F.C.) However, when [Buck Shelford](/source/Buck_Shelford) was sacked as head coach, Kafer was appointed in his place and gave up playing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=82|title=Saracens appoint Kafer as head coach|date=8 August 2003|publisher=Saracens F.C.|accessdate=2008-12-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615134415/http://www.saracens.com/news/view.php?Id=82|archivedate=15 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2392871/Kafer-quits-faltering-Saracens.html|title=Kafer quits Saracens|date=14 December 2004|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|accessdate=2008-12-16}}</ref>

In addition to his commentating commitments with [Fox Sports](/source/Fox_Sports_(Australia)) Rugby, Kafer previously owned a telecommunications company and sold it in 2014 and now works in the Australian Rugby Union in a high performance role. {{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Australia Squad 1999 World Cup}}

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Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Australia international rugby union players
Category:ACT Brumbies players
Category:Australian rugby union commentators
Category:Leicester Tigers players
Category:People educated at Canberra Grammar School
Category:People with type 1 diabetes
Category:Rugby union players from Newcastle, New South Wales
Category:Rugby union centres
Category:Rugby union fly-halves
Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players
Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in England
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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