Rory Sidey

[travelling_gerry]

Western Force have recruited NSW back-up outside centre Rory Sidey and ex-Waratahs and Brumbies winger Alfi Mafi,

[travelling_gerry]

Rory Sidey
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Rory Sidey Personal information
Full name Rory John Sidey
Date of birth July 4, 1986 (1986-07-04) (age 24)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
School(s) attended Trinity Grammar School, NSW
University(s) Macquarie University, Bachelor of Laws
Club information
Position(s) Centre
Current club Australia New South Wales Waratahs
Youth representative teams
NSW Under 19's
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2010
2008-2009
2007
2002-2008 NSW Waratahs
NG Dragons
W Sydney Rams
West Harbour RFC 4 (5)
18 (15)
6 (15)
45 (105)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Rory Sidey (born 4 July 1986 in Sydney) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the New South Wales Waratahs. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, NSW.

Sidey signed with the Waratahs in August 2009[1] following a 2008/09 northern hemisphere season playing for the Welsh side Newport Gwent Dragons.[2]

Prior to joining the Welsh region, Sidey represented NSW U/19's, New South Wales Waratahs A's and Western Sydney Rams in the sole Australian Rugby Championship, having played his club rugby for West Harbour RFC in the Shute Shield.

[farva]

Not convinced he is a great signing, but he wont get a game anyway, with Inman being first choice and Cummins being suitable to cover.

[GIGS20]

I think most of the signings in the last month have either been injury cover or development signings. He still seems youg, maybe there's something in him to develop.

[James]

Both young. Both have potential. That makes them fairly good signings in my book.

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Word on Fox sports is that the Tahs have signed former Force lock Pat O'Connor. Good luck to him. I hope his knee troubles are all over.

[farva]

Picked up OConnor to cover for Caldwell who is out for 2011 to get over Crohn's Disease - poor bugger.

Mafi I am not too worried about, he has a bit of pace on him.
But I dont honestly see either of these guys developing beyond injury cover. But that is what we need so glad to have them on board.

Would love to be proved wrong mind!

[Rex Messup]

If a back hasn't cracked it by 25........forget about it
Different for forwards. Some of them don't really make an impact till late 20's
Backs who haven't cracked it by 25 are too slow
Slow backs either convert to the pack or play subbies

[TOCC]

This trend of signing and retaining injury prone players could cause issues in 2011

[James]

I don't know if our players are any more injury prone than yours. Rod Davies, Digby Ioane, Peter Hynes Will Chambers have all spent serious stints on the sidelines this year. And those are just the guys who's names I can remember. Are you suggesting you wouldn't recommend the Reds re-sign any of those players?

[TOCC]

Were talking about the Force here, considering the Force's injury problems last year i think its a rather valid point.

[James]

I don't think we'll have massive injury problems this year. No more than any other club. Our real injury problems last year centred around 3 players. Andre Pretorius, David Pocock and Richard Brown. Pocock and Brown aren't particularly injury prone and it was just pure bad luck that both copped a 6 week injury in the opening game of the season. Andre Pretorius was, in hindsight, a bad call without a legitimate back up. Poor recruitment there. But if those three hadn't been injured when they were and lasted the whole season I'd wager we'd have won at least another 3 games that we didn't.

I don't know Alfi Mafi or Rory Sidey's injury history that well. I do know Sidey missed a fair bit of last season for the Tahs. But that doesn't mean they are going to continue to have injuries in 2011. I don't think the Force is stupid enough (Pretorius aside maybe) to sign someone who has a specific injury problem. When we signed Caleb Brown a couple of years back it was under the proviso that the hamstrings wouldn't flare up. As far as I'm aware these two don't have any specific problems.

[Stone Cold]

We always knew Pretorius was a bit of a gamble but we didn't have a whole lot of choice...if it had of come off it would have been well worth it

[James]

Read in the Worst this morning a bit about Alfi Mafi's signing being contingent on the results of a medical examination. Hmmm. Maybe you were right TOCC.

Still I guess when there aren't a whole lot of players to choose from you take what you can get. I think Mafi is probably a step up from Haig Sare.

[Boomer]

Were talking about the Force here, considering the Force's injury problems last year i think its a rather valid point.

You're an idiot.Take a deep breath and come back

[James]

Mafi scored a try in yesterday's Shute Shield final.