Dietrich Roache

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Dietrich Roache
Full nameDietrich Peter Roache
Date of birth (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
School Patrician Brothers' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Western Sydney
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023– Western Sydney 2 (0)
Correct as of 1 December 2023
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2021– Australia 24
Correct as of 1 December 2023

Dietrich Peter Roache (born 6 July 2001) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Shute Shield club Western Sydney Two Blues and the Australia national sevens team. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Born of Samoan descent from his father, [5] Roache initially played rugby league for his school, Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield. [6] Whilst there, he was a part of the Patrician Brothers rugby league team that won the NRL Schoolboy Cup. [7] Roache is a Roman Catholic. [8]

International career

Though his father and uncle played rugby for the former Parramatta Two Blues, Roache did not start playing club rugby until 2018. [6] This came after getting a free ticket to the Sydney Sevens in 2018. [5] He gained a reputation as a fast player, being able to run a time of 4.59 seconds over 40 metres. This matched the time of Trae Williams who missed selection for the Australian Olympic team for the 2020 Olympic Games as a result. [9] He was selected for the New South Wales Waratahs' Junior under-18 team and part of their development programme. [10] In 2019, he played for Australia at the World Rugby School Sevens and a year later was signed by Rugby Australia to their sevens programme. [11]

In 2021, when he was selected for the Australia national rugby sevens team for their 2020 Olympics rugby sevens tournament, [5] he was the youngest member of the team and was given responsibility for taking care of the team's mascot Wally. [12] This followed on from Henry Hutchison at the 2016 Summer Olympics where Wally was kidnapped by players from the Sweden women's national football team for 24 hours. [6]

Roache competed for Australia at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [13] [14] In 2024, He was named in the Australian sevens team for the Summer Olympics in Paris. [15] [16]

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