Full name Hugh Roach Years Team Height 1.78 m 2012– Eastwood Weight 105 kg | Playing position Name Hugh Roach School Newington College Current club Waratahs Role Rugby Player Date joined 2014 | |
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Born 11 September 1992 (age 31)
Sydney, Australia ( 1992-09-11 ) | ||
School(s) attended Newington College | ||
Get to know nsw waratahs hooker hugh roach
Hugh Roach (born 11 September 1992) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a hooker for the Waratahs in Super Rugby.
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- Get to know nsw waratahs hooker hugh roach
- hugh roach schooolboy rugby
- Family and early life
- Rugby career
- References
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Family and early life
Roach was born in Sydney. He played his junior rugby at Hunters Hill Rugby Club, and attended Newington College. His father, Graham Roach, was also a first grade rugby player who played at hooker for Western Suburbs in the Shute Shield competition.
Roach was an Australia Schoolboys representative in 2009 and 2010, and is currently the equal most capped schools rugby player in Australia. He was also a member of the Australia Under 20 side for both the 2011 where he made 3 appearances (Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand) and 2012 IRB Junior World Championships where he was capped a further 4 times ( Scotland, Argentina, France twice).
Rugby career
Roach initially made his name playing for Eastwood in the Shute Shield competition and was named Shute Shield Rookie of the Year after the 2013 tournament. This good form saw him picked by the Western Force for their match against the British and Irish Lions in June 2013.
He made the Waratahs extended playing squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season as third-choice hooker behind Tatafu Polota-Nau and Tolu Latu. An injury to Latu in the latter stages of the season saw Roach earn his first Super Rugby cap as a second-half substitute in the Waratahs 41-13 victory over the Lions on 18 May 2014.
The 2015 season brought further success on the field with Roach earning a further 6 Super Rugby caps for the Waratahs including starting in two fixtures in South Africa against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein and Lions in Johannesburg. In the domestic club competition, he added another Shute Shield grand final win (his second in three GF appearances) in a performance that saw him voted the Man of the Match by the TV broadcast team.
The 2016 season saw Roach earn a further 13 appearances for the Waratahs with 4 starting selections and 9 appearances off the bench. With a winning percentage of 86% when coming onto the field as a "finisher" Roach has earned a reputation as a successful high energy boost to the team at around the 60 minute mark. With a total of 21 super appearances under his belt the Tahs prioritized the re-signing of Roach in June 2016 committing him for a further 2 seasons at Moore Park.
In 2017 he earned a further 9 caps for the Waratahs taking his career total Super rugby caps to 30 at the conclusion of the 2017 season