Hogg began his cricketing career aged 16 playing for Northcote Cricket Club in the early 1970s and found himself in the national team vying for the Ashes in 1978-79. Rodney ended the series having amassed 41 wickets – including twice taking 10 wickets in a match. The Australians particularly loved how 'Hoggie' regularly got the better of England legend, Sir Geoffrey Boycott.
However, although he was Test vice-captain for Victoria in 1984-85, Rodney’s Test career came to an abrupt end, and that's despite taking 708 wickets. This was for two reasons: he sustained an injury and he played cricket in South Africa in 1985-86 and 1986-87.
After leaving the game, he opened a greengrocer but went on to forge a future for himself as a hugely motivating cricket speaker and a strategy and fast bowling coach for Victorian Cricket. Hogg’s autobiography is called The Whole Hogg – Inside the Mind of a Lunatic Fast Bowler.
