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| Born | Joseph Ward Roff (1975-09-20)20 September 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | The Armidale School Marist College Canberra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Southern Queensland University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Ward Roff (born 20 September 1975) is an Australian former professionalrugby union footballer who played on thewing or atfullback forACT Brumbies andAustralia. He also had a spell at the French clubBiarritz and in 2005–06 atKubota Spears in Japan'sTop League Of his 86caps, 62 were won in consecutive games from 1996 to 2001.[citation needed] His final game saw him captainOxford againstCambridge in the 2007Varsity Match.
Roff's early schooling included a stint a St Lawrence's Infant School Dubbo.[citation needed] For a time, he attendedThe Armidale School inArmidale,New South Wales. He was also a student atMarist College Canberra, during which time he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1992 and 1993. Roff's father, Glenn Roff, was Principal ofSt John's College, Woodlawn.
After a successful junior career he was selected at age 19 for Australia's1995 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 the1999 Rugby World Cup win and the back to backTri Nations wins of2000 and2001. He was also a capable goal kicker, kicking 18 penalties and 20 conversions in his test career.
Roff scored the intercept try fromJonny Wilkinson's pass in the secondBritish 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 inSuper Rugby before he was overtaken byDoug 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.
Roff's secondary education was at The Armidale School inArmidale, New South Wales, andMarist College Canberra[3] that has a proud rugby tradition.
Roff was awarded a Bachelor of Applied Finance from theUniversity of Southern Queensland.[3]
Roff matriculated at theUniversity of Oxford,UK in October 2006 to readPhilosophy, Politics, and Economics atHarris Manchester College. He was also involved in theOxford Union.[3]
He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for theOxford University (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture againstCambridge atTwickenham 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.
In June 2012, theUniversity of Canberra Union (student body) announced that Roff had been appointed as itsCEO with effect from July 2012, noting that Roff was leaving a management position withLifeline Australia and had previously been a consultant with The Nous Group.[3]
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, therhyming slang term "Joe Roffie" gradually worked its way into the Australianvernacular, being an abbreviation forcoffee.