Sam Cordingley

Date of birth: 20/3/76

Position: Scrum-half

Test caps: 12

Test Debut: Argentina, 2000

Test Points: 0

Current Club: Queensland Reds

Strengths: Extremely hard to tackle, particularly for a scrum-half

Weaknesses: Not the quickest of players

Likely headline(s): Sam takes his chance acCordingley

Did you know? When given a chance to prove his fitness ahead of the Test against England in June 2006, Cordingley did it the hard way. He left the Australian Sydney base at 7am, hopped on a plane to Brisbane, grabbed his gear, played 40 minutes for the Brothers club, grabbed a tape of his display, and hopped on a flight back to Sydney, presenting the tape to John Connolly on his arrival. He made the team - his first Test in nearly six years at the time.