Rod Jensen

Rod Jensen
Personal information
Full name	Rod Frederick Jensen
Born	19 January 1979 (age 44); Atherton, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Wing, Centre
Club
Representative
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Last updated January 09, 2024

Rod Frederick Jensen (born 19 January 1979), nicknamed 'Rocket' Rod Jensen, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Jensen had previously played for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup, in the United Kingdom for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League competition. He also played with the Canberra Raiders for 5 seasons. Jensen started his career at, the now defunct Super League side, the Adelaide Rams in 1997.

Early life

Jensen was born in Atherton, Queensland, Australia. He attended school at St Augustine's College.

Playing career

Jensen played from the interchange bench in the North Queensland Cowboys' first ever grand final in 2005, which was lost to the Wests Tigers.

Jensen was known for his ability to play many positions with speed and agility and was nicknamed 'Rocket' accordingly. Jensen lived up to his nickname in the closing stages of the 2007 Super League with several length-of-the-field tries including a burst from his own line versus Warrington Wolves where he put himself forward as one of Super League's fastest men by outpacing Kevin Penny who is one of the fastest players in the Super League.^{[ citation needed ]}

Jensen scored 19 tries for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup before his retirement following the conclusion of the 2009 season. Jensen came out of retirement to rejoin the Northern Pride halfway through the 2010 season where the club went on to win the Queensland Cup premiership. He continued with the Northern Pride club for the 2011 and 2012 season before leaving to take up a position with Mareeba Gladiators.^[2]

Post-playing career

Rod Jensen is currently CEO of the Northern Pride club. Jensen is a qualified Teacher and graduated from James Cook University of North Queensland in 2005.

Jensen ran as a candidate in the 2022 Australian federal election to represent the Division of Leichhardt in Far North Queensland. He ran as a candidate for the Katter's Australian Party.^[3]

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References

↑ Rugby League Project
↑ "Northern Pride". QRL. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
↑ "Meet the Indigenous candidates vying for your vote". NITV. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

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[1] Rugby League Project

[Northern_Pride-2] "Northern Pride". QRL. 2010. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

[3] "Meet the Indigenous candidates vying for your vote". NITV. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

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