Rodney Howe

{{Short description|Australia international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|01|31}}

|birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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|weight = {{convert|107|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

|club1 = Newcastle Knights

|year1start = 1992

|year1end = 93

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|club2 = Widnes Vikings

|year2start = 1993

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|club3 = Western Reds

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|appearances3 = 40

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Rodney Howe (born 31 January 1973) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the forwards for the Newcastle Knights, Western Reds, Melbourne Storm, New South Wales and the Australian national side.

Early life

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales. Howe was educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton, where he represented 1990 Australian Schoolboys.{{cite web|title=SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|accessdate=2008-10-10| publisher=SportingPulse}}

Career

In 1998 Howe was banned for 22 matches for using stanozolol.{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=James|title=Webcke defends 'cover-up'|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/webcke-defends-cover-up/story-e6frf3ou-1111112311010|accessdate=13 August 2012|work=Fox Sports|date=5 October 2006}}

Howe played at prop forward for Melbourne in their victory in the 1999 NRL Grand Final.

In 2000 Howe was named the Melbourne Storm's player of the year.{{cite web|last=melbournestorm.com.au|title=NRL Honour Board|url=http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=nrl-honour-board|work=Club|publisher=Melbourne Storm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928161940/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=nrl-honour-board|archivedate=28 September 2013}}

In 2001, Howe won a special sports edition of the Australian game show The Weakest Link, defeating Kangaroos AFL player David King, winning $46,300 in total winnings and donating it towards the Cancer Council of Victoria.{{cite book |title=2002 Melbourne Storm Info Guide |publisher=Melbourne Storm |page=123}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.afana.com/netpaper/oct7-43830.html|title = Recent news | AFANA}} It was, at the time one of the highest ever scores achieved on the show.

Howe was again named the Storm's player of the year in 2002.

References

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