[1] Rodney Maynard joined his older brother Brenton at Norwood who played in the under 19s Premiership and won the best and fairest.
The following season he continued his fine form winning the club leading goalkicker and was runner-up in the Norwood Best and Fairest.
For seven seasons Rodney and Brenton drove two hours to Adelaide from the family farm at Lameroo to train on Thursdays.
However 1995 would be Maynard's final season in the AFL as injuries restricted him to only 5 games and he retired at 29 to return home to the family farm.
Maynard regularly competes in the West End Slowdown which consists of former Crows and Port Adelaide players in facing off in a game for charity.