Final. Education Roff's secondary education was at The Armidale School in Armidale, New South Wales, and Marist College Canberra that has a proud rugby tradition. Roff was awarded a Bachelor of Applied Finance from the University of Southern Queensland. Oxford University Roff matriculated at the University of Oxford, UK in October 2006 to read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Harris Manchester College. He was also involved in the Oxford Union. He also made a return to amateur rugby by playing for the Oxford University (OURFC), colloquially known as the Dark Blues, representing the Blues in their traditional fixture against Cambridge at Twickenham Stadium on 12 December 2006. Oxford lost this match 15–6. On 6 December 2007, he captained the Blues to their third successive Varsity loss, losing 22–16 to Cambridge, before hanging up his boots for the last time. Later career In June 2012, the University of Canberra Union (student body) announced that Roff had been appointed as its CEO with effect from July 2012, noting that Roff was leaving a management position with Lifeline Australia and had previously been a consultant with The Nous Group. Other In January 2007, he won the "United Kingdom-based Young Australian of the Year for 2007" for his services to Australian Rugby in general. In 2018, Joe joined Canberra social mixed netball team 'A New Hope'. The team was runner up in the division 3 finals. He was voted Most Valuable Player for the season. During his years with the Wallabies, the rhyming slang term "Joe Roffie" gradually worked its way into the Australian vernacular, being an abbreviation for coffee. References External links itsrugby.co.uk stats Wallabies Profile Rugby-Heroes.net 1975 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Biarritz Olympique players Oxford University RFC players Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Australian Institute of Sport rugby union players University of Southern Queensland alumni People from Armidale Australian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Australian expatriate sportspeople in France Rugby union players from New South Wales