Rod Jensen Rugby player
Rod Frederick Jensen (born 19 January 1979 in Atherton, Queensland). He is a professional rugby league footballer. Jensen attended school at St Augustine's College. Currently coaching and captaining the Mareeba Gladiators RLFC in the CDRL for the 2013 season. He has previously played for Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup, Huddersfield Giants in Super League in the United Kingdom, 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.He is a qualified Teacher and graduated from James Cook University of North Queensland in 2005.Jensen played from the interchange bench in the North Queensland Cowboys' first ever grand final in 2005 which was lost to the Wests Tigers.He 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 Super League.He scored 19 tries for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup before his retirement following the conclusion of the 2009 season. He came out of retirement to rejoined the Northern Pride halfway through the 2010 season where the club went on to win the Queensland Cup premiership.He continued on with the Northern Pride club for the 2011 and 2012 season before leaving to take up a position with Mareeba Gladiators.
