Editing Tim Rodber (section)

==Playing career==
In 1987 Rodber joined the [[Northampton Saints]] academy and went on to become club captain.

Whilst at Northampton he started in the victorious [[2000 Heineken Cup Final]] as the Saints defeated [[Munster Rugby|Munster]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/766699.stm
| title = Saints secure historic victory
| publisher = [[BBC]]
| date = 27 May 2000 |accessdate=7 September 2014}}</ref>

===International===
He made his debut for [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the 25–7 victory over [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in the 1992 [[Rugby Union Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]].

He was part of the [[England national rugby sevens team|England]] team that won the [[1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sport Editors: Magnificent Sevens|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2007/05/magnificent_sevens_1.html|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=24 May 2007}}</ref>

On the [[1994 England rugby union tour of South Africa|1994 England tour of South Africa]] Rodber played a major role in one of England's best away performances of the decade during the 32–15 First Test win at the [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium]] in Pretoria. "Has one ever seen an England team glisten in a ball-game with such a shimmering and sustained diamond brightness?" commented journalist [[Frank Keating]]. "Rodber and his forwards were quite stupendous from first to last." In the subsequent tour game against Eastern Province Rodber became one of the few Englishmen in the 1990s to be sent off when he was given a red card for reacting to violence including a stamp on teammate [[Jon Callard]].<ref name="standard">{{cite news|title=Rodber: I wasn't up to captaincy|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rodber-i-wasnt-up-to-captaincy-6313512.html|work=[[Evening Standard]]|date=4 May 2001}}</ref> This incident may have possibly preventing his later selection as England captain.
Rodber said the aftermath of the sending off limited his physicality when playing, thus negatively impacted his play, until 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I+WAS+STUPID%3B+Shame+of+my+live+with+me%3B+Bok+sending+off+will+for+rest...-a061073253|title = I WAS STUPID; Shame of my live with me; Bok sending off will for rest of my life. - Free Online Library}}</ref>

Rodber earned selection to the [[1997 British Lions tour to South Africa]]. He captained the midweek side against [[Mpumalanga]], but was seen initially as behind the other number 8s for the Test side.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/edition/sport/british-amp-irish-lions-can-take-inspiration-from-the-class-of-1997-in-south-africa-j03j0cfjg|title=British & Irish Lions can take inspiration from the class of 1997 in South Africa|last1=Dallaglio|first1=Lawrence}}</ref> An injury to [[Scott Quinnell]], and then [[Eric Miller (rugby union)|Eric Miller]] catching flu,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/eric-miller-lions-3441957-Jun2017/|title = 'I got the letter under my door to say I was starting but then I was told I wasn't in the 23'| date=14 June 2017 }}</ref> led to Rodber starting the First test. Rodber became one of the stand out performers during the tour. He was selected at No.8 for the first two Tests, both of which the Lions won to take the series 2–1.

Injury dogged Rodber's career. He was selected for England for the [[1999 Rugby World Cup]] and was a replacement for the losing quarter final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_world_cup/teams/england/483381.stm|title = BBC News &#124; England &#124; Springbok marksman kicks England out}}</ref> Rodber retired at the end of the 2000/01 season.