Enrique Rodríguez (rugby union), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Argentine/Australian rugby union player
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Place of Birth: Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
About Enrique Rodríguez (rugby union)
- Enrique TOPO Rodríguez is an Argentina-born Australian, who today is Co-Founder & Managing Director of the AABC (Australian-Argentine Business council Limited.
- IMPRESARIO, Professional Key Note Speaker, Mental Health Management Advocate & Adviser, freelance writer and blogger.
- TOPO retired from Rugby Union after having played rugby union at international level for Argentina, Tahiti and Australia.
- TOPO was part of the WALLABY Team in the historic win (first ever, and never since) 1984 Grand Slam of Great Britain & Ireland.
- He also represented the Wallabies at the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup hosted by Australia & New Zealand; and Captained Australia vs Mendoza Province in Argentina just before retiring from International rugby in November 1987.
- He was also selected for the South American Jaguars in 1980, gaining four Test caps vs the South African Springboks. Rodríguez played tighthead prop, loosehead prop and hooker He was known for his hard play, excellent scrummaging technique and superlative physical and mental preparation.
- His biggest claim of fame is to have been an integral part of 4 spectacular pushover tries: 1980 (vs Springboks); 1983 (2 pushover tries vs Australia in Ballymore); and Australia vs Wales in 1984 at Cardiff Arms Park.
- (Tom Lawton and Andy Mc Intyre completed that famous front-row0; allegedly Australia's best ever front-three! After retiring from rugby in 1987, Rodriguez was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder type II.
- A play called TOPO by Asoc.
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- Neil Cole (a prolific playwright), was shown at the Seymour Theatre Centre, Sydney in May-June 2007, describing the "highs and lows of life" including his experiences of living with mental illness.In August 2012 Rodriguez self-published a book called "The ART of Scrummaging" (218-page thesis), which amongst his knowledge and philosophies on the subject of 'Scrummaging'it also presents the opinions of 38 collaborators (ex-international players, coaches and referees).
- Awarded IPP Gold Medal for authoring and publishing.
- In 2015, Further published an updated version including Law Changes introduced by the IRB (International Rugby Board) regarding the 'Engagement' sequence of the scrum.
- This was titled: Rugby-The ART of Scrummaging II.
- Awarded Silver Medal (IPP), New York, USA He is nicknamed TOPO - the Spanish word for "mole". Today (2019) TOPO, Executive Chairman ERC Consulting is fully dedicated to pursuing various interests such as: a) Bilateral Exchanges between Australia and Argentina; b) MHMP ("Mental Health Management Plans for the Farmers and the Miners" (bipolareducationfoundation.net); RugbyLeaders.com and "ARSA Worldwide" (Safety, Prevention and Performance for All Sports) currently under development. TOPO is also an accomplished "Life & Executive Performance Coach (Strategic Partner @ Noble-Manhattan.com (UK based) - Through the years TOPO has developed his unique approach to Leadership, Health & Performance Management through plans which cross-over and complement sciences such as Psychology/Fitness/Behavioural Sciences/NLP/Ontology and Mentoring.
- Furthermore, having played team sports (Football, Softball, Volleyball, Basketball and Rugby for more than 40 years, has given TOPO the necessary expertise and know-how for the specific functions of: Selector, Captain, Leader, Manager and Coach.
- This has been proven in the last 25 years, having set up and run diverse networking groups (as volunteer and philanthropist) for organisations such as: TRGOS (The Rugby Guild of Sydney); BEF (BIPOLAR Education Foundation); AABC (Australian-Argentine Business Council; ALSCC (Alas Latinas Socio-and Cultural Centre.
- (Updated 15/02/2019) TOPO has many times said: "Rugby is one of the best Universities for life" - The Scrum of Life, the tighter and lower the better, yet with a good degree of positive attitude, you cannot go wrong!
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