| Birth name | Rodney Seib | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1975 (age 49–50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brisbane State High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodney Seib (born 1975) is an Australian professional rugby union coach [1] and a former player for Queensland Reds [2] [3] and Glasgow Warriors. [4] He also played for Australia in rugby sevens. [5]
Rod Seib attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1992. [6] His father, Ian Seib, played first-class cricket for Queensland in the 1970s. [7]
Seib joined the Sunnybank rugby club in Brisbane. [8] He played for the Queensland Under-21 team in 1995, [9] and was capped for the Australia 7s side, [5] touring in 1999 to Uruguay and Argentina. [10]
Later that year, after a standout season with Sunnybank for which he was awarded Queensland Rugby Union's XXXX Medal for player of the year (shared with Richard Graham of Easts), [3] Seib was selected to play for the Queensland Reds in the Ricoh National championship. [2] He was capped three times for Queensland, [5] including a match against Argentina on their 2000 tour. [11] [12]
Seib moved to Scotland the following year. Signing in 2001, [13] he played for Aberdeen GSFP. [14] [15] [16] Seib captained the Aberdeen side from 2002–06. [17] [18] He was also included in Aberdeen's Sevens squad. [19]
In season 2002–03, Seib was called up to Glasgow Warriors back up squad. [20] [21] Such was his form for club side Aberdeen, [22] [23] [24] there was much talk of Seib's move to the provincial Glasgow side being made permanent, [25] however, work commitments prevented him joining Glasgow full-time. [26] He played in the Warriors' match against Harlequins on 9 August 2002. [4]
Seib won the Player's player of the year for the BT Premiership in 2003–04. [27]
Seib was made Head Coach of Aberdeen in 2011. [5] From 2012 he coached Sunnybank Rugby. [28] He later became an Assistant Coach at Brisbane City [29] with responsibility for the team's attack. [30] In 2016 he was promoted to Brisbane City's Head Coach position. [31] [32] [33] Seib became head coach of Queensland Country in 2018. [34]
In 2019, Seib returned to full time coaching as head coach of the Queensland Reds Academy. [35] Since 2020 he has been assistant coach at the ACT Brumbies. [36]
In November 2024 Seib coached the Australia XV on their UK Tour, with matches against [{Bristol Bears|Bristol]] and England A. [37]
In March 2025 Seib signed with Connacht Rugby in Ireland as Senior Assistant Coach with responsibility for team attack
Away from rugby, Seib was a physical education teacher. He started teaching at Saint Stephen's College, Upper Coomera. While in Aberdeen he taught at Bridge of Don Academy. [38]