ABOUT ROD KAFER
Rugby player who won the Super 12 with the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and the Heineken Cup with the Leicester Tigers in 2002.
He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 15.
He became the first player to win championships from both major Southern and Northern Hemisphere rugby tournaments, the Super 12 and the Heineken Cup.
His mother encouraged him to join his first rugby club.
He won the 1999 Rugby World Cup alongside Australian vice-captain George Gregan .
