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Full name | Paul Sidney Hodder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hamilton, New Zealand | April 13, 1965||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Hodds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1986/87 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,28 December 2021 |
Paul Sidney Hodder (born 13 April 1965) [1] is a former New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer,and is now a rugby union coach.
Hodder was born in Hamilton,New Zealand. [2] He played under-age rugby union for Waikato and New Zealand,and played 10 senior matches for Waikato in 1985. [3] He spent the 1990s in the north-east of England as a professional,playing for and coaching Middlesbrough and West Hartlepool. [4]
Hodder returned to New Zealand in 2001,working as a rugby development officer and high performance manager with Waikato Rugby. [4] He then spent four years in Japan as coach of the Kamaishi Seawaves. When the city of Kamaishi suffered extensive damage in the 2011 tsunami,the rugby ground became a relief hub,and Hodder and his team took a prominent part working voluntarily in local relief operations. [5]
Since 2015 Hodder has worked as rugby and cricket coach at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton,New Zealand. [4] One of the boys he coached there is Samisoni Taukei'aho,who is now an international player. [6] In 2021 Hodder was appointed the school's Director of Rugby. He is also Head Coach of the Waikato Chiefs under-20 development team and is a coaching developer at the University of Waikato. [7]
An all-rounder,Hodder played under-19 cricket for Northern Districts from 1981 to 1983. [8] He played in four List A cricket matches for Northern Districts in 1986–87. [1]
Hodder and his wife Krista have five children. [2]
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