Education
He was educated at the Street Patrick"s Marist school, Dundas.
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Sam Cordingley
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Before retirement he played for the Melbourne Rebels. He played junior rugby for Dundas Valley. He also played for the Eastwood Rugby Club in Sydney, and made his debut for Queensland against Auckland in 1999.
Cordingley made his Super 12 debut for the Queensland Reds that season in a match against the Wellington Hurricanes.
The following season he was called up to the Wallabies squad and made his debut against Argentina. He went back at the Reds after three seasons in Europe with Welsh side Swansea and Grenoble of France.
After playing for the Reds in 2006, he was selected for the Wallabies squad. Foreign the European winter season 2008-2009, he returned to Football Club Grenoble, in the French Pro D2.
However, he missed several games early in the 2011 Super Rugby season due to a hip injury.
Cordingley remained with the Rebels after the 2011 season. In 2012, he was "Player Recruitment Manager", first point of contact for prospective Rebels players, and continued as "list manager" in 2013. Early in 2014 Cordingley became General Manager of Rugby Operations at QRU.
