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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Rod Snow
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada
| school = [[Newfoundland and Labrador English School District|Mount Pearl Senior High]]
| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 116 kg
| ru_position = [[Prop (rugby union)|Prop]] / [[Hooker (rugby union)|Hooker]]
| amatyears1 = 
| amatclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1995–2005
| apps1 = 190
| points1 = 150
| clubs1 = [[Newport RFC]]
| years2 = 2003–2005
| clubs2 = [[Dragons RFC|Newport Gwent Dragons]]
| apps2 = 41
| points2 = 5
| repyears1 = 1995–2007
| repteam1 = [[Canada national rugby union team|Canada]]
| repcaps1 = 62
| reppoints1 = 40
}}
'''Rod Snow''' (born 1 May 1970) is a Canadian former professional [[rugby union]] player who played in the [[Front row (rugby union)|front row]], predominantly as a [[Prop (rugby union)|prop]] but also infrequently as a [[Hooker (rugby union)|hooker]].

Snow began his senior rugby career with the Newfoundland amateur club team Dogs RFC. He went on to play professionally in South Africa for [[Eastern Province Elephants|Eastern Province]] in 1995, before joining [[Newport RFC]] in 1996. In 2003, he was given a contract with the newly formed [[Dragons (rugby union)|Newport Gwent Dragons]] regional side, for whom he played for two seasons. He played 41 times for the Dragons, his only try coming at the start of the 2004–05 season in a 38–29 away win over [[Glasgow Warriors]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Glasgow 29-38 Dragons |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/scottish/3673426.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=24 September 2004 |accessdate=12 December 2024 }}</ref>

Snow earned 62 caps for [[Canada national rugby union team|Canada]]<ref name="HoF" /> between May 1995 and September 2007. He also played for the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]] in 1996 against [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]], a match which they lost 31–10.

Snow retired from professional rugby at the end of the 2004–05 season and returned to his home province to play for [[Newfoundland Rock]] in their national-championship-winning season. He also took a position as the project manager for the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Centre, a new development that would upgrade the Swilers RFC complex into a multi-sport provincial training centre.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

Snow accepted an invitation from Canada coach [[Ric Suggitt]] to return to the national team for the [[2006 Churchill Cup]]. Following this tournament, Snow helped Newfoundland Rock to a second [[Rugby Canada Super League]] title in August 2006. The season was not finished, however, as Snow also scored the winning try over the United States Eagles in a [[Rugby World Cup]] qualifying match played in his home town of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. Although he was left out of the preliminary 32-man squad for the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]], he was recalled for the final 30-man squad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Snow and Thiel return for Canada |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6901079.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=21 August 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2024 }}</ref> He started all four of Canada's matches at the final tournament in France; however, their best result was a draw against [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] and they finished bottom of [[2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B|Pool B]].<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Standley |title=Canada 12-12 Japan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7009631.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=25 September 2007 |accessdate=12 December 2024 }}</ref>

In 2012, he retired from all levels of rugby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2012-08-26/article-3061021/A-warrior-walks-away/1 |title=A warrior walks away |first=John |last=Browne |date=26 August 2012 |accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref> Snow was named an inaugural inductees for [[Rugby Canada]]'s Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Newport Rugby Hall of Fame.<ref name="HoF" /> Additional honours include being named third-best prop in the world by World Rugby Magazine in 1999, British Writers' Player of the Year in 2005, and the Sports Newfoundland and Labrador's senior male athlete of the year in 1995.

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="HoF">{{cite news |title=These guys know their way around the Halls |url=http://www.thetelegram.com/sports/other-sports/2017/2/20/these-guys-know-their-way-around-the-halls.html |work=Telegram Sports |date=20 February 2017 |accessdate=24 February 2017 }}</ref>}}

==External links==
*[https://dragonsrfc.wales/teams/player/dragons/101688/rod-snow.html Newport Gwent Dragons profile]
*[https://www.blackandambers.co.uk/player?id=101688&authtoken=REE1NUQwNEEtQzkxMy00NTlELTkzNDktMEM0MkU3QTBFMTg2&teamid=MTA0MjU5 Newport RFC profile]
*[http://www.historyofnewport.co.uk/players/players.php?id=000049 Rod Snow] at History of Newport RFC

{{Canada 1995 Rugby World Cup squad}}
{{Canada 1999 Rugby World Cup squad}}
{{Canada 2003 Rugby World Cup squad}}
{{Canada 2007 Rugby World Cup squad}}

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