Craig Hodges (rugby league)

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Craig Hodges
Personal information
Full nameCraig Hodges
Born (1973-12-27) 27 December 1973 (age 49)
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
2017 Gold Coast Titans 20020
2019 Gold Coast Titans 80080
Total1000100
Source: [1]
As of 22 September 2019

Craig Hodges (born 27 December 1973[ citation needed ]) was the interim co-coach of the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL. Hodges and Luke Burt were the co-caretakers at the Gold Coast until the end of the 2019 NRL season, they were replaced by incoming head coach Justin Holbrook ahead of the 2020 NRL season.

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Craig is now a facilitator at Leading Teams.

Coaching career

Hodges was an assistant coach at the Titans under previous head coach Garth Brennan. He was an assistant coach to Paul Green at Wynnum Manly.[ citation needed ]

Hodges recorded back-to-back 2011-12 Queensland Cup titles with the Wynnum Manly Seagulls. Hodges then coached the Norths Devils, before taking charge of the Brisbane Broncos under 20s side between 2013 and 2016.[ citation needed ]

In Round 20 of the 2019 NRL season, the Gold Coast suffered their second heaviest defeat as a club losing 58–6 to the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Hodges described the loss by saying “The fear is that it is the habit they allow...that becomes acceptable for them individually whether they stay here or whether they move on to other places, And if that’s what they take out of this season, if that’s their legacy moving forward from this season, I think that’s a terrible tragedy". [2] [3]

In Round 22 of the 2019 NRL season against the Parramatta Eels, the Gold Coast lost the match 36–12 at Cbus Super Stadium which all but confirmed that the club would finish last and claim the wooden spoon with just 3 games remaining. [4] The Gold Coast were officially handed the wooden spoon the following week as they lost 24–8 against Melbourne at AAMI Park. The wooden spoon capped off a bad year for sport on the Gold Coast as the other team representing the region, the Gold Coast Suns finished last in the AFL. [5] [6]

In 2021, Hodges joined the New Zealand Warriors as an assistant coach.

After Peter O’Sullivan, the recruitment manager for the club, left to join the newly formed Dolphins (NRL), Hodges was promoted to General Manager of Football for the Warriors in November 2021.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Horror show for Holbrook as Roosters run riot". NRL.
  3. ↑ "'Terrible tragedy': Why Gold Coast Titans players should fear for their futures after loss to Roosters". Fox Sports.
  4. ↑ "Not good enough blasts Arthur despite comfortable win". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ↑ "Melbourne Storm defeat Gold Coast Titans after scare". News.com.au.
  6. ↑ "Suns meet with AFL as Martin seeks trade". 7News.
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