Rod Seib

Rodney Seib (born 1975) is an Australian professional rugby union coach ^[1] and a former player for Queensland Reds ^[2][3] and Glasgow Warriors.^[4] He also played for Australia in rugby sevens.^[5]

Rod Seib

Birth name	Rodney Seib
Date of birth	1975 (age 49–50)
Place of birth	Australia
School	Brisbane State High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2000 Sunnybank () 2001–2011 Aberdeen GSFP () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2004 Glasgow Warriors () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2000 Queensland 3 (0) National sevens team Years Team Comps 1998 Australia 7s Coaching career Years Team 2011–2012 Aberdeen GSFP 2012–2016 Sunnybank 2016 Brisbane City 2018 Queensland Country 2019-2020 Queensland Reds Academy 2020–present ACT Brumbies 2024 Australia XV

Family and early life

Rod Seib attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1992.^[6] His father, Ian Seib, played first-class cricket for Queensland in the 1970s.^[7]

Rugby career

Australian Sevens and Queensland

Seib joined the Sunnybank rugby club in Brisbane.^[8] He played for the Queensland Under-21 team in 1995,^[9] and was capped for the Australia 7s side,^[5] touring in 1999 to Uruguay and Argentina.^[10]

Later that year, after a standout season with Sunnybank for which he was awarded Queensland Rugby Union's XXXX Medal for player of the year (shared with Richard Graham of Easts),^[3] Seib was selected to play for the Queensland Reds in the Ricoh National championship.^[2] He was capped three times for Queensland,^[5] including a match against Argentina on their 2000 tour.^[11][12]

Aberdeen and Glasgow

Seib moved to Scotland the following year. Signing in 2001,^[13] he played for Aberdeen GSFP.^[14][15][16] Seib captained the Aberdeen side from 2002–06.^[17][18] He was also included in Aberdeen's Sevens squad.^[19]

In season 2002–03, Seib was called up to Glasgow Warriors back up squad.^[20][21] Such was his form for club side Aberdeen,^[22][23][24] there was much talk of Seib's move to the provincial Glasgow side being made permanent,^[25] however, work commitments prevented him joining Glasgow full-time.^[26] He played in the Warriors' match against Harlequins on 9 August 2002.^[4]

Seib won the Player's player of the year for the BT Premiership in 2003–04.^[27]

Coaching career

Seib was made Head Coach of Aberdeen in 2011.^[5] From 2012 he coached Sunnybank Rugby.^[28] He later became an Assistant Coach at Brisbane City ^[29] with responsibility for the team's attack.^[30] In 2016 he was promoted to Brisbane City's Head Coach position.^[31][32][33] Seib became head coach of Queensland Country in 2018.^[34]

In 2019, Seib returned to full time coaching as head coach of the Queensland Reds Academy.^[35] Since 2020 he has been assistant coach at the ACT Brumbies.^[36]

In November 2024 Seib coached the Australia XV on their UK Tour, with matches against Bristol and England A.^[37]

In March 2025 Seib signed with Connacht Rugby in Ireland as Senior Assistant Coach with responsibility for team attack

Outside rugby

Away from rugby, Seib was a physical education teacher. He started teaching at Saint Stephen's College, Upper Coomera. While in Aberdeen he taught at Bridge of Don Academy.^[38]