| Birth name | Roderick James McCall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1963-09-20)20 September 1963 (age 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roderick James McCall (born 20 September 1963, in Brisbane) is a former Australianrugby unionlock. McCall played forAustralia from 1989 to 1995, including winning the1991 Rugby World Cup. He played 40 times in total for Australia. He played 107 times for theQueensland Reds.
McCall made his début for Australia at age 25 on 4 November 1989 in a game against theFrench, the game was won by Australia, 32 points to 15 inStrasbourg. McCall played in all of Australia's matches at the 1991 World Cup, and after winning all of their pool games and then defeating theAll Blacks in the semi-finals, Australia won the World Cup againstEngland in the final.
He played his final two tests in Australia againstArgentina, winning both games in Sydney and Brisbane, before heading over to South Africa for the1995 Rugby World Cup. Although losing to theSpringboks and England, Australia won their game againstRomania. McCall captained the Wallabies in that match, his final international match for Australia and his sole honour as captain.
He played in theQueensland Reds' first ever Super 12 game in 1996 against theOtago Highlanders on 3 March. He retired in that 1996 season aged 31.
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