| Name |
Sam Cordingley |
| Position |
Scrumhalf |
| Height |
178cm |
| Weight |
87kg |
| Date of Birth |
20/03/1976 |
| Club |
Warringah(NSW) Brothers (QLD)) |
| Super 14 Team |
Brumbies 1998, Reds 1999-2001, 2006- |
| Super 12/14 Points |
15 (3t) |
| Super 12/14 Caps |
36 |
| Tests |
2000 - Arg1 (rep), SA1 (rep), Fr, S, E. 2006 - E2, Ire (rep), NZ1 (rep), SA1 (rep), NZ2 (rep), SA2 (rep)
2007 - Fj (rep), |
| Test Caps |
12 |
| Test Debut |
2000 v Argentina, Brisbane |
| Honours |
Australian Under 19s 1995, Australians Under 21s 1996-1997, Australian Barbarians 1999, Australian Wallabies 2000, 2006-, Australia A 2007 |
| Senior Tours |
2000 - Japan, France & UK |
SAM CORDINGLEY has had his return to the Wallabies hampered by a chronic foot injury, returning home in 2006 after three seasons abroad in France and the UK. After making six Test appearances last year he made one Test appearance during the 2007 domestic series.
1996-1997: Represented the Australian Under 21s alongside fellow Reds star Chris Latham.
1998: Making his debut against the Highlanders in Canberra he played seven matches for the Brumbies when George Gregan suffered a season ending injury.
1999: Relocated to Queensland to join the Reds for further opportunities and established himself as the first choice scrumhalf over the next two years under then Queensland coach John Connolly. He was later a member of the Wallabies World Cup training squad.
2000: Made his Test debut against Argentina as a replacement in Brisbane and then started in three Tests on the Spring Tour of Japan, France and the UK.
2001: While injury interrupted his Super 12 campaign, he returned for the Reds semi final loss to the Brumbies and also played in the tour match against the British and Irish Lions before signing to play in the Northern Hemisphere.
2002-2005: Spent three seasons in the UK and France with Swansea and Grenoble.
2006: Linked once more with the Reds slotting into the Number 9 jersey and forced his way into the Test team with an outstanding return season. After starting at scrumhalf against England in Melbourne, he earned five more Test caps as a replacement. His season was cut short by a lisfranc foot injury.
2007: Missed the entire Super 14 campaign with the Reds whilst rehabilitating his foot injury but proved his fitness prior to the domestic season to rejoin the Wallabies, making his only Test appearance against Fiji in Perth.
Off Field: Sam is currently studying a Bachelor of Human Movement
