Rod Seib
Australian rugby union player & coach
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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]
1975 (age 50–51)
| Born | Rodney Seib 1975 (age 50–51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family and early life
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]
Rugby career
Australian Sevens and Queensland
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]
Aberdeen and Glasgow
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]
Coaching career
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 and England A.[37]
In March 2025 Seib signed with Connacht Rugby in Ireland as Senior Assistant Coach with responsibility for team attack
Outside rugby
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]