Joel Hodgson (rugby union)

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Joel Hodgson
Birth nameJoel James Hodgson
Date of birth (1992-08-01) 1 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb; 176 lb) [1]
School Royal Grammar School Newcastle
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half / Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–14
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–22
2022
2022-		 Newcastle Falcons
→Rotherham Titans
Northampton Saints
Yorkshire Carnegie
Newcastle Falcons
Glasgow Warriors
Utah Warriors 		37
3
5
24
68
0
 (107)
(15)
(0)
(79)
(266)
0
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)

2013–14		 England U18
England U19
(3)

Joel Hodgson (born 1 August 1992) is an English rugby union player who plays for Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby (MLR). [2] He previously played for Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.

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Rugby Union career

Professional career

He first started with Newcastle Falcons from the summer of 2010. He was loaned out to Rotherham Titans. [3] On 13 June 2014, he left Kingston Park to join Northampton Saints from the 2014-15 season in the Aviva Premiership. [4] After one season at Northampton, he departed to join Yorkshire Carnegie on a one-year deal in the RFU Championship from the 2015-16 season. [5] On 21 April 2016, it was announced he would rejoin Newcastle Falcons.

On 3 August 2022 it was announced that he joined Glasgow Warriors in a short-term deal. He came on a replacement in the friendly match against Ayrshire Bulls on 2 September 2022. [6]

On 13 August 2022 it was announced that he joined Utah Warriors to play in the Major League Rugby. [7]

International career

He played for England U18 at scrum-half; [8] and then moved to fly-half with England u19s. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Newcastle Falcons". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Glasgow Warriors | Hodgson and Sordoni join Warriors". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
  3. ↑ "HODGSON SIGNS FOR SAINTS". www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Northampton Saints sign Newcastle half-back Joel Hodgson". Sky Sports. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Northampton half-back Joel Hodgson join Yorkshire Carnegie". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow 22 Ayrshire Bulls 17: Warriors receive fright after Bulls fightback".
  7. ↑ "Major League Rugby: USA outfit Utah Warriors sign Joel Hodgson". 13 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Team, The Rugby Paper (13 June 2014). "Northampton bring in Hodgson".
  9. ↑ Skippers, David (4 August 2022). "URC: Joel Hodgson joins Glasgow Warriors on short-term deal".


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