Dietrich Roache

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Dietrich Roache
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 20)
New South Wales, Australia[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)[2]
Rugby career
Rugby union career
Current team Western Sydney Two Blues
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
– Australia
Sport
SportRugby sevens

Dietrich Roache (born 6 July 2001) is an Australian rugby sevens player.[3] He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] He plays club rugby union for Western Sydney Two Blues.

Youth[]

Born of Samoan descent from his father,[5] Roache initially played rugby league for his school, Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.[6] Whilst there, he was a part of the Patrician Brothers rugby league team that won the NRL Schoolboy Cup.[7] Roache is a Roman Catholic.[8]

Career[]

Though his father and uncle played rugby for the former Parramatta Two Blues, Roache did not start playing club rugby until 2018.[6] This came after getting a free ticket to the Sydney Sevens in 2018.[5] He gained a reputation as a fast player, being able to run a time of 4.59 seconds over 40 metres. This matched the time of Trae Williams who missed selection for the Australian Olympic team for the 2020 Olympic Games as a result.[9] He was selected for the New South Wales Waratahs' Junior under-18 team and part of their development programme.[1] In 2019, he played for Australia at the World Rugby School Sevens and a year later was signed by Rugby Australia to their sevens programme.[10]

In 2021, he was selected for the Australia national rugby sevens team for their 2020 Olympics rugby sevens tournament.[5] As the youngest member of the team, he was given responsibility for taking care of the team's mascot Wally.[11] This followed on from Henry Hutchison at the 2016 Summer Olympics where Wally was kidnapped by players from the Sweden women's national football team for 24 hours.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dietrich Roache". Australian Olympic Committee. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Dietrich Roache". world.rugby. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Dietrich Roache". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens – Australia vs Argentina – Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Tokyo Olympics: Rugby Sevens results and news". The Australian. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Dietrich Roache hopes to inspire kids from Sydney's west". The Australian. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ Boulous, Chris (17 September 2018). "Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield crowned NRL Schoolboy Trophy champions". Fairfield City Champion. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ Cramsie, Debbie (26 July 2021). "Australian Olympics rugby sevens squad member sees Jesus as No. 1". Crux Now. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens results and news". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ^ "ROACHE Dietrich Peter". IOC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Youngster in 7s heaven at Olympics". Geelong Advertiser. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021 – via PressReader.com.

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