Twenty Questions with Sam Cordingley

"DJ Rat" - his hidden talent is break-dancing and if he wasn't playing for the Wallabies he'd be a singer!

He was born in Sydney and played one year at the Brumbies in 1998 before moving north to the Reds, where he became a fixture at the scrumbase from 1999 – 2001 and made his Test debut in 2000 against Argentina in Brisbane. He then departed for Europe playing for three seasons with Swansea in the UK and Grenoble in France before returning in 2006 to once again stake his claim for Wallaby honours. But this weekend Sam Cordingley will face his biggest Test as he starts at No.9 against the wounded Springboks in Durban. Sam lets us in on all his secrets in this week’s Twenty Questions, EXCLUSIVE to rugby.com.au including his hidden talent - break-dancing !

Nickname

DJ Rat

Primary Schools/High Schools/Universities attended:

St Anthony Primary, St Joseph’s Terrace, St Patrick’s Marist School, Dundas.

First Rugby team I played in

Dundas  Valley

My all time favourite Classic Wallaby

Ben Tune

My most respected Rugby opponent

Rico Gear

My Favourite non-Rugby sporting star

Michael Jordan

My best Rugby memory

Playing my first Super 14 game

My favourite food or speciality I can cook in the kitchen is

Eggs and noodles !

Away from Rugby things I enjoy doing

Hanging out with my family.

The team mate I would least like to room with is

Rodney Blake

My favourite holiday destination is

Fiji

My favourite book/movie/music:

I love cartoons.

If I wasn’t a Professional Rugby Player I would be:

Singer.

The special talent most people don’t know I have:

Break dancing

What being a Wallaby means to me

Playing for your country and your family.

Best country toured

England

The thing I most can’t do without is

My family