Bevan Rodd

Bevan Rodd (born 26 August 2000) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Sale Sharks. Born in Scotland, he represents England at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

Club career
Born in Scotland, Rodd grew up on the Isle of Man and was educated at The Buchan School. He later attended Sedbergh School and subsequently came through the Sale Sharks academy, making his professional debut against Northampton Saints in a Premiership Rugby Cup match under Steve Diamond in 2019. He really made his professional breakthrough the following season under the management of Paul Deacon and Alex Sanderson.

Having become a regular starter for Sale at the age of twenty, on 4 April 2021 he was a starter against the Scarlets in Sale's 57–14 away Champions Cup victory. He still figured in the starting XV a week later, for the quarter-final defeat against La Rochelle.

International career
Rodd represented the England Under-16 and England under-18 team. He was also a member of the squad that lost to Ireland in the opening round of the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. Eligible for both Scotland and England national teams, he was reportedly reviewed by former England manager Eddie Jones and Matt Proudfoot for future selection.

In June 2021 he was included in the England senior squad for the 2021 Summer Internationals, but was not featured in either of the tests.

On 10 November 2021 Rodd was called up to the England squad for the 2021 Autumn Nations Series for England's match against Australia. He replaced Joe Marler, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to pull out for the match. Rodd was initially named on the bench against Australia, before being moved to the starting line up after starting loosehead Ellis Genge also had to withdraw due to COVID-19.

He earned his first England cap in the 32–15 victory over the Wallabies. He then started a week later against South Africa, with Genge still unavailable for selection and Marler only coming out of isolation a few days before. Rodd finished his 2021 Autumn Nations Series with a 27–26 win over the world champions.

Rodd was included in the initial 36-man England training squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He did not feature in the Championship. He was recalled to the England squad for their tour of Australia in July 2022 and for the 2022 Autumn Internationals but did not add to his two caps.

Rodd came on as a replacement as England were defeated by Wales 20-9 in Cardiff as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-ups.

He was named in England's final 33 man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

List of international tries
As of 23 September 2023