Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 10th December, 1967
- Current Age
- 56 years and 166 days
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
- Nephew
- Beau Mundine
Biography
Dashing fullback, a Penrith junior, made a great impression in his debut season with Easts in 1988. Selected for City in 1989, Silva's great pace and swerve were seen to advantage when running the ball back or backing up to score a try. In 1992 he suffered a shattered jaw in a match against Cronulla and though the season was lost, he quickly regained his confidence to reproduce his best form in 1993-94. After signing a Super League contract in 1995, he was dumped to reserve grade by Easts’ pro-ARL coach Phil Gould and successfully sought a release from the club to play for C’bury. In an amazing end to a troubled season, Silva’s showed his class and experience at fullback in the Bulldogs’ ‘against all odds’ grand final win over Manly. A try-scorer in the match, he again found himself on the outer with his coach, this time Chris Anderson, during the 1996 season. A NSW policeman, Silva’s dedication to his profession brought him into conflict with the Super League club’s move to full-time professionalism. In characteristic fashion, Silva then overcame a series of personal tragedies to claw his way back from the Metropolitan Cup competition and regain his place as fullback in C’bury’s grand final loss to Brisbane in 1998. Silva savoured another premiership title, with the Bulldogs’ First Division team in 2000, before retiring at the end of 2001.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 192 | 90 | 0 | - | 360 | 97 | 90 | 5 | 50.52% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Finals | 12 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1988 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1989 | 13 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1990 | 18 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 22.22% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1991 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1992 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1993 | 22 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1994 | 22 | 13 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 52 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27.27% | List |
Sydney City | ARL 1995 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Sydney Bulldogs | ARL 1995 | 16 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | |||
Canterbury | ARL 1996 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | |||
Canterbury | Super League 1997 | 14 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.14% | List | |||
Canterbury | NRL 1998 | 13 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
Canterbury | NRL 1999 | 26 | 18 | - | - | 72 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 61.54% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2000 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
Bulldogs | NRL 2001 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Eastern Suburbs | 1988-95 | 92 | 34 | - | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 136 | 37 | 51 | 4 | 40.22% | List |
Canterbury | 1995-01 | 100 | 56 | - | - | 224 | 60 | 39 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1988-2001 | 192 | 90 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 360 | 97 | 90 | 5 | 50.52% | List |
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Max Turner, Steven Russo, Alan Katzmann
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present)
Your Say
07/06/2012
Congratulations on your blurb on Rod Silva.I can't reveal who I am,but I can tell you I know Rod better than most.I've known Rod for 26 years.This piece on Rod is the most accurate I've ever read.Well done,anonymous.
10/07/2012
A great footballer and great Policeman.
Ajax, APM
20/12/2017
Did an RBT on my mum one night in about 1992. Signed an autograph for me at the time as well. Good fella!
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