Rodney Goggins

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Rodney Goggins

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|3|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wexford, Ireland

| Sport country = {{IRL}}

| Professional = 2004/2005, 2007–2009

| High ranking = 70 (2008/2009)

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Last 64 (x3)

| Ranking wins =

| World champ =

}}

Rodney Goggins (born 25 March 1978) is an Irish former professional snooker player from County Wexford. He competed on the main tour between 2004 and 2009.

Career

At the age of 21, Goggins won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Under-21 Championship in 1999, when he beat Rolf de Jong of the Netherlands 11–4 in the final in Egypt.

Two last-32 finishes in qualifying events during the 2003–2004 season earned Goggins a place on the professional main tour for 2004–2005. That season, his best performance was a run to the last 64 at the 2005 Irish Masters, where he beat Shokat Ali and Bjorn Haneveer, both 5–2, before losing by the same scoreline to Dave Harold.{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/Players/Rodney-Goggins/2004-2005|title=CueTracker – Rodney Goggins – Season 2004-2005 – Professional Results – Snooker Results & Statistics Database}} Goggins finished the season ranked 90th, and lost his place on tour.

Having finished first in the Irish senior rankings for 2006–2007, Goggins returned to the professional game in 2007. That season brought progress to the last 64 at the 2007 UK Championship, with victories over Alex Davies and Judd Trump before a 3–9 defeat to David Gray. In the 2008 World Championship, he beat Ian Barry Stark and Lee Spick, but lost 4–10 to Trump at the last-80 stage.

Goggins' fortunes did not improve the following season; again, the last 64 at the UK Championship was his best performance, being defeated 3–9 by Gerard Greene. He concluded the season ranked 70th, a career-highest, but as only the top 64 automatically retained their places on tour, he was relegated as a result.

In 2018 he was runner up to Michael Judge in the Irish Amateur Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2018/05/14/michael-judge-wins-irish-national-championship/|title = Michael Judge Wins Irish National Championship|date = 14 May 2018}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

|align="center"|

|align="center"|70

|align="center"|

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European MastersThe event was called the European Open (2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013)

|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

colspan="10"|Non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Six-red World ChampionshipThe event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Irish Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Trophy

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Bahrain Championship

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shanghai Masters

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World OpenThe event was called the LG Cup (2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008-2008/2009)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

colspan="10"|Former non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Merseyside Professional Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Irish Professional Championship

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

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! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

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style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|PA / Pro-am Event	means an event is/was a pro-am event.

Career finals

=Pro-am finals: 1=

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!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="300"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1999

| Pontins Autumn Open

| {{flagicon|NIR}} Sean O'Neill

| 1–5

=Amateur finals: 12 (7 titles)=

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!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="300"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1995

| Irish Under-19 Championship

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Martin McCrudden

| 3–1

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 1995

| All-Ireland Under-19 Championship

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hughes

| 4–2

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 3.

| 1999

| World Under-21 Championship

| {{flagicon|NED}} Rolf de Jong

| 11–4

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 4.

| 2000

| Irish Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Gary Hardiman

| 8–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2004

| Irish Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|IRL}} David Morris

| 4–8

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 2007

| European Championship

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Kevin Van Hove

| 2–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 3.

| 2017

| Irish Amateur Championship (2)

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Brendan O'Donoghue

| 3–7

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 5.

| 2018

| Irish Masters Championship

| {{flagicon|IRL}} John Farrell

| 5–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 4.

| 2018

| Irish Amateur Championship (3)

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge

| 5–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 5.

| 2019

| Irish Masters Championship

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Judge

| 4–5

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 6.

| 2022

| Irish Amateur Tour - Event 1

| {{flagicon|IRL}} David Cassidy

| 4–0

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 7.

| 2023

| Irish Masters Championship (2)

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Frank Sarsfield

| 5–0

References

External links

{{snooker.org player}}

Category:1978 births

Category:Living people

Category:Irish snooker players

Category:People from County Wexford