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{{Short description|Australia international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Rodney Howe
|fullname       = 
|image          = 
|caption        =  
|position       = {{rlp|PR}}
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|01|31}}
|birth_place    =  [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
|height         = {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight         = {{convert|107|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1          = [[Newcastle Knights]]
|year1start     = 1992
|year1end       = 93
|appearances1   = 10
|tries1         = 1 
|goals1         = 0 
|fieldgoals1    = 0 
|points1        = 4
|club2          = [[Widnes Vikings]]
|year2start     = 1993
|year2end       = 94
|appearances2   = 10
|tries2         = 1 
|goals2         = 0 
|fieldgoals2    = 0 
|points2        = 4
|club3          = [[WA Reds|Western Reds]]
|year3start     = 1995
|year3end       = 97
|appearances3   = 40
|tries3         = 2 
|goals3         = 0 
|fieldgoals3    = 0 
|points3        = 8
|club4          = [[Melbourne Storm]]
|year4start     = 1998
|year4end       = 04 
|appearances4   = 106
|tries4         = 4 
|goals4         = 0 
|fieldgoals4    = 0 
|points4        = 16
|teamA          = {{nowrap|[[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] ([[Super League (Australia)|SL]])}}
|yearAstart     = 1997
|yearAend       = 
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|triesA         = 0
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 0
|teamB          = [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] ([[Super League (Australia)|SL]])
|yearBstart     = 1997
|yearBend       = 
|appearancesB   = 1
|triesB         = 0
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 0
|teamC          = [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]]
|yearCstart     = 1998
|yearCend       = 01
|appearancesC   = 8
|triesC         = 0
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 0
|teamD          = [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]
|yearDstart     = 1998
|yearDend       = 00
|appearancesD   = 4
|triesD         = 0
|goalsD         = 0
|fieldgoalsD    = 0
|pointsD        = 0 
|updated        =  
|retired        = yes
|source         = <ref>[http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Rodney_Howe.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
|new            = yes
}}

'''Rodney Howe''' (born 31 January 1973) is an Australian former [[rugby league]] footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the [[Rugby league positions#Forwards|forwards]] for the [[Newcastle Knights]], [[WA Reds|Western Reds]], [[Melbourne Storm]], [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]] and the [[Australian national rugby league team|Australian]] national side.

==Early life==
Born in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]]. Howe was educated at [[St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton]], where he represented [[Australia national schoolboys rugby league team|1990 Australian Schoolboys]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424|accessdate=2008-10-10| publisher=SportingPulse}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1998 Howe was banned for 22 matches for using [[stanozolol]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=James|title=Webcke defends 'cover-up'|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/webcke-defends-cover-up/story-e6frf3ou-1111112311010|accessdate=13 August 2012|work=Fox Sports|date=5 October 2006}}</ref>

Howe played at prop forward for Melbourne in their victory in the [[1999 NRL Grand Final]].

In 2000 Howe was named the [[Melbourne Storm]]'s player of the year.<ref>{{cite web|last=melbournestorm.com.au|title=NRL Honour Board|url=http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=nrl-honour-board|work=Club|publisher=[[Melbourne Storm]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928161940/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=nrl-honour-board|archivedate=28 September 2013}}</ref>
In 2001, Howe won a special sports edition of the Australian game show ''[[The Weakest Link (Australian game show)|The Weakest Link]]'', defeating [[North Melbourne Football Club|Kangaroos]] AFL player [[David King (footballer, born 1972)|David King]], winning $46,300 in total winnings and donating it towards the Cancer Council of Victoria.<ref>{{cite book |title=2002 Melbourne Storm Info Guide |publisher=[[Melbourne Storm]] |page=123}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afana.com/netpaper/oct7-43830.html|title = Recent news &#124; AFANA}}</ref> It was, at the time one of the highest ever scores achieved on the show.

Howe was again named the Storm's player of the year in 2002.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Melbourne Storm squad 1999 NRL premiership}}
{{1998 Melbourne}}
{{Cameron Smith Player of the Year Award}}
{{1995 Western Reds}}

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