Sam Cordingley is an Australian rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer. He plays for the Melbourne Rebels

Melbourne Rebels

The Melbourne Rebels are a professional rugby union team based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. They are the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia...

 in the international Super Rugby competition. He was educated at the St Patrick's Marist school, Dundas.

Career

He played junior rugby for Dundas Valley. He also played for the
Eastwood Rugby Club

Eastwood Rugby Club

Eastwood Rugby Club is a rugby union club playing in the Sydney grade competition. The club is based at T G Millner Field, named in honour of its benefactor Colonel Tom Millner MC VD, and the club's players and supporters are primarily drawn from the Northern Suburbs and Hills District of Sydney....

 in Sydney, and made his debut for Queensland against Auckland in 1999. Cordingley subsequently made his Super 12 debut for the Queensland Reds that season in a match against the Wellington Hurricanes.

The following season he was called up to the Wallabies squad and made his debut against Argentina

Argentina national rugby union team

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. He went back at the Reds after three seasons in Europe with Welsh side Swansea and Grenoble of France.

After playing for the Reds in 2006

2006 Super 14 season

The 2006 Super 14 season started on Friday 10 February 2006. The Grand Final was held on Saturday 27 May 2006. Super 14 is a provincial rugby union competition with 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. This season was the first of the expansion, which saw two new teams, the...

, he was selected for the Wallabies squad. For the European winter season 2008-2009, he returned to FC Grenoble

FC Grenoble

Football Club de Grenoble Alpes Rugby is a French rugby union club which, until recently, competed in the top level of the French league system. They play at Stade Lesdiguières . They wear red and blue.-History:...

,
in the French Pro D2

Rugby Pro D2

Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...

. The Melbourne Rebels

Melbourne Rebels

The Melbourne Rebels are a professional rugby union team based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They made their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2011. They are the first privately owned professional rugby union team in Australia...

 signed Cordingley as a foundation member of their Super Rugby franchise 3 April 2010. However, he missed several early season games due to a hip injury.

External links

• Sam Cordingley Melbourne Rebels profile
• Rebels Media Unit news release, 17 February, 2011
• Sam Cordingley Wallabies profile

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