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'''Joe Roff''' (born [[20 September]] [[1975]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[rugby union]] footballer who played on the [[Rugby union positions#14. and 11. Wing|wing]] or at [[Rugby union positions#15. Full back|fullback]] for [[ACT Brumbies|Brumbies]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]. He also had a spell at the French club [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz]] and in 2005 at [[Kubota Spears]].
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| birth_name = Joseph Ward Roff
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|9|20}}
| birth_place = [[Heathcote, Victoria|Heathcote]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] {{citation needed|date=May 2017}}
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| weight = {{convert|100|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| school = [[The Armidale School]]<br/>[[Marist College Canberra]]
| university = [[University of Southern Queensland]]<br/>[[University of Oxford]]
| position = [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]] / [[Fullback (rugby union)|Fullback]]
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'''Joseph Ward Roff''' (born 20 September 1975) is an Australian former professional [[rugby union]] footballer who played on the [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]] or at [[Fullback (rugby union)|fullback]] for [[ACT Brumbies]] and [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]]. He also had a spell at the French club [[Biarritz Olympique|Biarritz]] and in 2005–06 at [[Kubota Spears]] in Japan's [[Top League]] Of his 86 [[Cap (sport)|caps]], 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001. {{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} His final game saw him captain [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] against [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] in the 2007 [[The Varsity Match|Varsity Match]].
Of his 76 [[Cap (sport)|caps]], 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001.


==Early life==
He was a leading try scorer for Australia and scored the intercept try in the second [[2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia|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.
Roff's early schooling included a stint a St Lawrence's Infant School Dubbo. {{Citation needed|date=May 2017}} For a time, he attended [[The Armidale School]] in [[Armidale, New South Wales|Armidale]], [[New South Wales]]. He was also a student at [[Marist College Canberra]], during which time he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1992 and 1993. Roff's father, Glenn Roff, was Principal of [[St John's College, Woodlawn]].


==Rugby career==
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]].


After a successful junior career he was selected at age 19 for Australia's [[1995 Rugby World Cup]] squad, making his debut against Canada and scoring a try, followed by another 2 against Romania.
For a time, he attended O'Connor Catholic School in Armidale and also ''[[The Armidale School]]''. He was a Student at [[Marist College Canberra]]. Joe Roff's father, Glenn Roff, is Principal of [[St John's College, Woodlawn]] on the Far North Coast of NSW.


By 1996 he was a more regular feature in the starting test side before becoming a firm test player for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] win and the back to back [[The Rugby Championship|Tri Nations]] wins of [[2000 Tri Nations Series|2000]] and [[2001 Tri Nations Series|2001]]. He was also a capable goal kicker, kicking 18 penalties and 20 conversions in his test career.
Joe is currently enrolled to start studying at the [[University of Oxford]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], in [[October]] [[2006]], where he is reading a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at [[Harris Manchester College]]. He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for the [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford University Rugby Football Club]] (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture against [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club]] at [[Twickenham Stadium]] on December 12th 2006. Oxford lost this match 15-6.On 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 scored the intercept try from [[Jonny Wilkinson]]'s pass in the second [[2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia|British Lions Test]] in 2001. This turned the test in Australia's favour before they went on to win the game with Roff scoring a second try, squaring the series at 1-1.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/lions_down_under/1425796.stm
== External links ==
|title=Australia batter wounded Lions
* [http://www.waratahs.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/xxoldxx/rwc_2003_squad/joe_roff_-_wing/fullback,10045.html/group/10060 Wallabies Profile]
|publisher=[[BBC]]
* [[University of Oxford]] [http://www.ox.ac.uk]
|date=7 July 2001 |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> They went on to win the series 2–1.
* [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford University Rugby Football Club]]
* [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club]]


Until March 2007 he was the top try scorer in [[Super Rugby]] before he was overtaken by [[Doug Howlett]]. He also holds the record for most tries in a Super 12 season, scoring 15 in 1997.
{{Australia Squad 2003 World Cup}}


Midway through the super 12 season of 2004 he announced that he would retire at the end of the domestic international season. He was just 29 years old and had spent 10 years playing Test rugby and amassed 86 test caps and 244 points. He farewelled the Brumbies in 2004 as the team took the Super 12 Final.
[[Category:1975 births|Roff, Joe]]

[[Category:Living people|Roff, Joe]]
==Education==
[[Category:Australian rugby union footballers|Roff, Joe]]
Roff's secondary education was at The Armidale School in [[Armidale, New South Wales]], and [[Marist College Canberra]]<ref name="UCU"/> that has a proud rugby tradition.
[[Category:Rugby union wings|Roff, Joe]]

[[Category:Rugby union fullbacks|Roff, Joe]]
Roff was awarded a Bachelor of Applied Finance from the [[University of Southern Queensland]].<ref name="UCU"/>
[[Category:Foreign rugby union players in Japan|Roff, Joe]]

===Oxford University===
Roff matriculated at the [[University of Oxford]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] in October 2006 to read [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]] at [[Harris Manchester College, Oxford|Harris Manchester College]]. He was also involved in the [[Oxford Union]].<ref name="UCU"/>

He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for the [[Oxford University RFC|Oxford University]] (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture against [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge]] at [[Twickenham Stadium]] on 12 December 2006. Oxford lost this match 15–6. On 6 December 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.

==Later career==
In June 2012, the [[University of Canberra|University of Canberra Union]] (student body) announced that Roff had been appointed as its [[CEO]] with effect from July 2012, noting that Roff was leaving a management position with [[Lifeline (Crisis Support Service)|Lifeline Australia]] and had previously been a consultant with The Nous Group.<ref name="UCU">[http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/2012/june/new-ucu-ceo UCU appoints Joe Roff as CEO], Amanda Jones, [[University of Canberra]], 14 June 2012</ref>

==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.<ref>[http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3551_1881464,00.html Roff is the UK`s `young Australian` Tuesday 30 January 2007 - Rugby News, Results, Fixtures and Features from Planet-Rugby.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203746/http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,3551_1881464,00.html |date=27 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.australiaday.co.uk/2007australiadayparty2 Australia Day Foundation Party 2007 (includes award photograph)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126072345/http://www.australiaday.co.uk/2007australiadayparty2 |date=26 January 2010 }}</ref>
In 2018, Joe joined Canberra social mixed netball team 'A New Hope'. The team was runner up in the division 3 finals. He was voted Most Valuable Player for the season.
During his years with the Wallabies, the [[rhyming slang]] term "Joe Roffie" gradually worked its way into the Australian [[vernacular]], being an abbreviation for [[coffee]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player_2625.html itsrugby.co.uk stats]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060714095228/http://www.waratahs.rugby.com.au/qantas_wallabies/xxoldxx/rwc_2003_squad/joe_roff_-_wing/fullback,10045.html/group/10060 Wallabies Profile]
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=7326 Rugby-Heroes.net]

{{Australia Squad 1995 World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 1999 World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 2003 World Cup}}


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Latest revision as of 01:12, 29 November 2024

Joe Roff
Birth nameJoseph Ward Roff
Date of birth (1975-09-20) 20 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birthHeathcote, Victoria [citation needed]
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
SchoolThe Armidale School
Marist College Canberra
UniversityUniversity of Southern Queensland
University of Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing / Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Tuggeranong Vikings ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–2002 Biarritz Olympique ()
2005–2006 Kubota Spears ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1994-2004 ACT 82 (520)
Correct as of 22 June 2014
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2004 Brumbies 86 (588)
Correct as of 22 June 2014
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995–2004 Australia 86 (249)
1992–1993 Australian Schoolboys
Correct as of 22 June 2014

Joseph Ward Roff (born 20 September 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby union footballer who played on the wing or at fullback for ACT Brumbies and Australia. He also had a spell at the French club Biarritz and in 2005–06 at Kubota Spears in Japan's Top League Of his 86 caps, 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001. [citation needed] His final game saw him captain Oxford against Cambridge in the 2007 Varsity Match.

Early life

[edit]

Roff's early schooling included a stint a St Lawrence's Infant School Dubbo. [citation needed] For a time, he attended The Armidale School in Armidale, New South Wales. He was also a student at Marist College Canberra, during which time he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1992 and 1993. Roff's father, Glenn Roff, was Principal of St John's College, Woodlawn.

Rugby career

[edit]

After a successful junior career he was selected at age 19 for Australia's 1995 Rugby World Cup squad, making his debut against Canada and scoring a try, followed by another 2 against Romania.

By 1996 he was a more regular feature in the starting test side before becoming a firm test player for the 1999 Rugby World Cup win and the back to back Tri Nations wins of 2000 and 2001. He was also a capable goal kicker, kicking 18 penalties and 20 conversions in his test career.

Roff scored the intercept try from Jonny Wilkinson's pass in the second British Lions Test in 2001. This turned the test in Australia's favour before they went on to win the game with Roff scoring a second try, squaring the series at 1-1.[2] They went on to win the series 2–1.

Until March 2007 he was the top try scorer in Super Rugby before he was overtaken by Doug Howlett. 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 that he would retire at the end of the domestic international season. He was just 29 years old and had spent 10 years playing Test rugby and amassed 86 test caps and 244 points. He farewelled the Brumbies in 2004 as the team took the Super 12 Final.

Education

[edit]

Roff's secondary education was at The Armidale School in Armidale, New South Wales, and Marist College Canberra[3] that has a proud rugby tradition.

Roff was awarded a Bachelor of Applied Finance from the University of Southern Queensland.[3]

Oxford University

[edit]

Roff matriculated at the University of Oxford, UK in October 2006 to read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Harris Manchester College. He was also involved in the Oxford Union.[3]

He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for the Oxford University (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture against Cambridge at Twickenham Stadium on 12 December 2006. Oxford lost this match 15–6. On 6 December 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.

Later career

[edit]

In June 2012, the University of Canberra Union (student body) announced that Roff had been appointed as its CEO with effect from July 2012, noting that Roff was leaving a management position with Lifeline Australia and had previously been a consultant with The Nous Group.[3]

Other

[edit]

In January 2007, he won the "United Kingdom-based Young Australian of the Year for 2007" for his services to Australian Rugby in general.[4][5] In 2018, Joe joined Canberra social mixed netball team 'A New Hope'. The team was runner up in the division 3 finals. He was voted Most Valuable Player for the season. During his years with the Wallabies, the rhyming slang term "Joe Roffie" gradually worked its way into the Australian vernacular, being an abbreviation for coffee.

References

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  1. ^ "2001 Australian Wallabies squad - British & Irish Lions Tour". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Australia batter wounded Lions". BBC. 7 July 2001. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d UCU appoints Joe Roff as CEO, Amanda Jones, University of Canberra, 14 June 2012
  4. ^ Roff is the UK`s `young Australian` Tuesday 30 January 2007 - Rugby News, Results, Fixtures and Features from Planet-Rugby.com Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Australia Day Foundation Party 2007 (includes award photograph) Archived 26 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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