Rod Tregenza

Rod Tregenza
Personal information
Full name	Rodney Donald Tregenza
Nickname(s)	Rocket
Date of birth	(1979-01-16) 16 January 1979
Place of birth	Tasmania
Original team(s)	South Mandurah (PFL)
Draft	29th pick, 2001 Rookie Draft
Height / weight	193 cm
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997 1999–2005 2002 2003–04	Peel Thunder East Fremantle Murray Kangaroos South Adelaide	04 (5) 46 (157) unknown (58) unknown (120)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1999–2000 2002	Western Australia Victoria	2 (10) 1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
Career highlights
Simpson Medal 1999 (state game) East Fremantle leading goalkicker 1999, 2000 Bernie Naylor Medal 1999, 2000 Murray Kangaroos leading goalkicker 2002 South Adelaide leading goalkicker 2003, 2004

Rodney Donald "Rod" Tregenza (born 16 January 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer. Originally playing for the South Mandurah Football Club in the Peel Football League (PFL), Tregenza was a member of Peel Thunder's squad for their first season in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and later also played for East Fremantle, winning the Bernie Naylor Medal as the leading goalkicker in the competition in 1999 and 2000. He was recruited by the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL) in the 2001 Rookie Draft, but did not play a game for the club, subsequently signing with the South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Tregenza returned to Western Australian in 2005, playing one final season with East Fremantle. He remains a prolific goalkicker with South Mandurah, having kicked over 1000 goals in his time at the club.

Career

Born in Tasmania to Donald Leo Tregenza and Vicki Maree Dell, Tregenza moved with his family to Western Australia at the age of 11. A chronic knee condition meant Tregenza was unable to play football until he was 17 years old, when he began playing with South Mandurah in the PFL.^[1] Originally playing for South Fremantle's colts team, he was recruited to Peel Thunder for their inaugural season in the Westar Rules competition in 1997, playing four games and kicking five goals, but returned to South Mandurah for the 1998 season and kicked 161 goals, at the time a competition record. Tregenza also played for Western Australia at the national under-18 carnival in 1997.^[2] He returned to Westar Rules football via East Fremantle in 1999, playing 18 games and kicking 57 goals to win the Bernie Naylor Medal as the competition's leading goalkicker. Tregenza also played in the 1999 state game against the Tasmanian State Football League (TSFL), kicking 10 goals to earn the Simpson Medal as best on ground.^[3] He continued this form in 2000, kicking a total of 86 goals from 21 games, which included 11 goals against Swan Districts in round 9.^[4] He also played in East Fremantle's losing Grand Final side against East Perth.

Tregenza was recruited to the Kangaroos in the AFL with pick 29 in the 2001 Rookie Draft.^[5] He had a knee reconstruction in 2001, forcing him to miss the entire season. He returned to football in 2002 with the Kangaroos' VFL-affiliate, the Murray Kangaroos, kicking 58 goals before his season was ended midway through the year with broken ribs. He was de-listed by the Kangaroos at the end of the 2002 season, and was recruited by South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He spent two seasons at the club, leading the goalkicking in both seasons. Tregenza returned to East Fremantle for the 2005 season, playing seven games and kicking 14 goals before stepping down midway through the season.^[6] He continued with South Mandurah in 2006, kicking 172 goals to break his own record set in 1998. He also played in South Mandurah's winning grand final side. In 2008, Tregenza kicked 223 goals for the season from 23 games, a record for any senior football league in Western Australia.^[1] He kicked his 1000th career goal for South Mandurah in July 2010, and was appointed coach for the 2011 season.^[6]

References

1 2 Tregenza reaches 1000-goal milestone – Mandurah Mail. Published 8 July 2010. Written by Luke Williams. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ LOAN BILL - SECOND READING – Hansard: The Parliament of Western Australia. From 16 September 1997. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ Westar State Game – footy.com.au. Written by Daniel Miller. Last update 22 June 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ Rodney Tregenza (Peel Thunder and East Fremantle) – WAFLOnline. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ 2000 AFL Rookie Draft – FootyWire. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
1 2 Tregenza kicks 1000 goals – inmycommunity.com.au. Published 14 July 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

2001 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Chris Oliver 2. Chris Odell 3. Chris Hall 4. Dean Buszan 5. Keren Ugle 6. Kane McLean 7. Michael Swan 8. Garth Taylor 9. Bernie Collins 10. Paul Chambers 11. Michael Osborne 12. David Mapleston 13. Leigh Harding 14. Ian Prendergast 15. Kevin Devine 16. Marcus Kenny

Second round	17. Justin Berry 18. Jason Heath 19. Ben Hollands 20. Zachary Beeck 21. Roger Hayden 22. Justin Cicolella 24. Adrian Burgiel 25. Damien Skurrie 26. Sam Chapman 27. Robert Campbell 29. Rod Tregenza 30. Tim Fleming 31. Darren Jolly 32. Damien Peverill

Third round	33. Nathan Lovett-Murray 34. Steven Brosnan 35. Andrew McCarrey 36. Daniel Haines 37. Matthew Golding 39. Michael Barker 40. David Sheahan 41. Max Rooke 42. Matthew Ball 44. Digby Morrell 45. Jim Plunkett 46. Mark Berts 47. Andrew Hill 48. Kris Miller

Fourth round	49. Andrew Siegert 50. James Gallagher 52. Craig Ednie 53. Leigh Harrison 54. Tim Clark 57. David Teague 58. Ben Doherty 59. Steven Rode 60. Brent Plitz 61. Brad Fuller 63. Clinton Alleway 64. Tom Marshall

Fifth round	65. Scott Muller 66. Robert Copeland 67. Tom Tarrant 68. Luke Weller

West Australian Football League leading goal-kickers

1893: Knox 1894: Davis 1895: Thurgood 1896: Thurgood 1897: Thurgood 1898: Loel 1899: Loel 1900: Daly 1901: Loel 1902: Loel 1903: McNamara 1904: E. Kelly 1905: H. Kelly / Sharpe 1906: H. Kelly 1907: Sharpe 1908: C. Doig 1909: C. Doig 1910: Thomas 1911: Bellion 1912: Limb 1913: Halliday 1914: Halliday 1915: Limb 1916: Halliday 1917: Rawlinson 1918: Sampson 1919: J. Lawn 1920: Rodriguez 1921: Evans 1922: Campbell 1923: Coffey 1924: Campbell 1925: Flemming 1926: Campbell 1927: Campbell 1928: A. Lawn 1929: A. Lawn 1930: Hopkins 1931: Oliphant 1932: Tyson 1933: G. Doig 1934: G. Doig 1935: G. Doig 1936: G. Doig 1937: G. Doig 1938: Tyson 1939: Gook 1940: Moloney 1941: G. Doig 1942: Brunton 1943: Farmer 1944: Watts 1945: Baker 1946: Naylor 1947: Naylor 1948: Naylor 1949: Prince 1950: Tucker 1951: Scott 1952: Naylor 1953: Naylor 1954: Naylor 1955: Scott 1956: Gerovich 1957: Glass 1958: Mose 1959: Hawke 1960: Gerovich 1961: Gerovich 1962: Robertson 1963: Evans 1964: Robertson 1965: Robertson 1966: Johnson 1967: Tierney 1968: Robertson 1969: Robertson 1970: Robertson 1971: Robertson 1972: Robertson 1973: P. Smith 1974: George 1975: Couper 1976: Uncle 1977: Bauskis 1978: Bauskis 1979: Taylor 1980: Beasley / Ralph 1981: Ralph 1982: Ralph 1983: Ralph 1984: B. Hutton 1985: Rea 1986: Rea 1987: Breman 1988: Breman 1989: Lester-Smith 1990: Bartlett 1991: J. Hutton 1992: Caton/Edwards 1993: Heatley 1994: Cooper 1995: Heatley 1996: Dorotich 1997: Dorotich 1998: Ridley 1999: Tregenza 2000: Tregenza 2001: Medhurst 2002: Parsons 2003: B. Smith 2004: B. Smith 2005: Oakley 2006: Wilson 2007: B. Smith 2008: B. Smith 2009: Jones 2010: Jones 2011: Broadhurst 2012: Saunders 2013: J. Smith 2014: Saunders 2015: Yarran 2016: Saunders

The leading goalkicker in the West Australian Football League after the home-and-away season is awarded the Bernie Naylor Medal

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