David Hodgson (rugby league)

David Hodgson

Personal information
Full name	David Hodgson
Born	(1981-08-08) 8 August 1981 (age 43) Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England
Playing information
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb) [1]
Position	Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1999 Halifax 13 5 0 0 20 2000–04 Wigan Warriors 118 48 0 0 192 2005–07 Salford City Reds 88 36 48 0 240 2008–11 Huddersfield Giants 93 65 1 0 262 2012–14 Hull Kingston Rovers 53 32 0 0 128 2017 Hull Kingston Rovers 5 2 0 0 8 Total 370 188 49 0 850 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–03 Yorkshire 4 1 0 0 4 2001–07 Great Britain 4 1 0 0 4 2005–08 England 5 3 0 0 12
Source: [2] [3] [4]

David Hodgson (born 8 August 1981) is an English rugby league coach, and former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, the Wigan Warriors, ^[5] the Salford City Reds, the Huddersfield Giants and Hull Kingston Rovers (two spells), as an occasional goal-kicking fullback , wing, or centre, ^[2] and has coached at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (assistant). ^[3]

Playing career

Halifax

Born in Hull, Hodgson began his career at Halifax in 1999, before moving to the Wigan Warriors in 2000, a tribunal fixing a £45,000 fee. ^{[6] [7]}

Wigan Warriors

Hodgson played on the wing and scored a try in the Wigan Warriors' 16-29 defeat by St. Helens in the 2000 Super League Grand Final during 2000's Super League V at Old Trafford, Manchester on Saturday 14 October 2000, in front of a crowd of 58,132.

In 2003 he was the Wigan Warriors's top try scorer with 20. he played for the Wigan Warriors at centre in the 2003 Super League Grand Final which was lost to the Bradford Bulls.

He signed for the Salford City Reds from the Wigan Warriors and when his contract expired at the end of 2004. ^[8] He made a total of 118 appearances for Wigan, in which time he scored 48 tries.

Salford City Reds

Hodgson regained full fitness at the Salford City Reds, and had a fantastic 2006 – which saw him named in the Great Britain standby squad for the Tri-Nations, the engage Super League Dream Team and also being named Supporter's Player of the Year and Player's Player of the Year at the Salford City Reds' annual awards ceremony. The club finished fifth in 2006's Super League XI, their highest ever position, and went on to the end of season play-offs for the first time.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 11 March 2006, he scored a club Super League record 8-goal kicks – despite having never kicked a goal before the start of 2006's Super League XI.

Hodgson in action for the Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants

In September 2007 Hodgson signed for the Huddersfield Giants, following the Salford City Reds' relegation from Super League. ^[9] He missed most of the 2008 season after suffering a knee ligament injury in training. ^[10]

Hull Kingston Rovers

On 18 July 2011, Hodgson signed a three-year deal with his hometown club, Hull Kingston Rovers. ^[11]

Representative

On 10 November Hodgson made his first appearance of Great Britain's test series against New Zealand and scored.

In June 2007 he was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France ^[12]

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. ^[13]

He was named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. ^[14]

Post playing career

On 3 October 2014, Hodgson announced his retirement and he signed a two-year contract to stay at his hometown club Hull Kingston Rovers as an assistant coach, along with Willie Poching. ^[15]

References

1. "Huddersfield Giants (archived by web.archive.org)". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "Player Summary: David Hodgson". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
5. "Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
6. "Rugby League: Halifax call for action over `Wigan poachers'". The Independent. 7 July 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
7. Hadfield, Dave (11 December 1999). "Rugby League: Young Britain show their age". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
8. "Salford sign Wigan duo". BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
9. "Hodgson signs for Giants". Sky Sports. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
10. Barraclough, Neil (11 January 2008). "Huddersfield's new signing Hodgson out for six months". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
11. "Huddersfield Giants man David Hodgson to join Hull KR". BBC. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
12. "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
13. "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
14. "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
15. "Hodgson To Take Coaching Role (archived by web.archive.org)". superleague.co.uk. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
• (archived by web.archive.org) 2001 Ashes profile
• (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at hullkr.co.uk
• (archived by web.archive.org) Salford Squad Profile: David Hodgson