David Hodgson (rugby league)

David Hodgson
Personal information
Full name David Hodgson
Born (1981-08-08) 8 August 1981
Hull, 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
1999–00 Halifax 14 5 0 0 20
2000–04 Wigan Warriors 120 47 0 0 188
2005–07 Salford City Reds 86 35 48 0 236
2008–11 Huddersfield Giants 93 65 1 0 262
2012–14 Hull Kingston Rovers 45 23 0 0 92
2017 Hull Kingston Rovers 5 2 0 0 8
Total 363 177 49 0 806
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–12 England 5 3 0 0 12
2007 Great Britain 3 1 0 0 4
2001–03 Yorkshire

David Hodgson (born 8 August 1981) is an English current rugby league coach, and former rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain,[5] England,[4] and Yorkshire, and at club level for, Halifax, Wigan Warriors, Salford City Reds, Huddersfield Giants, and Hull Kingston Rovers (two spells), as a fullback, wing, or centre,[2][3] he has coached at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers (assistant).[6]

Halifax

David began his career at Halifax in 1999, before moving to Wigan in 2000, a tribunal fixing a £45,000 fee.

Wigan Warriors

Hodgson played for the Wigan Warriors on the wing, scoring a try in their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St. Helens.

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

David signed for the Reds from Wigan when his contract was up at the end of 2004, following bad injury. Prior to joining Salford he had made 122 Super League appearances in which time he scored 48 tries.

Salford City Reds

He regained full fitness at Salford, and had a fantastic 2006– which saw him named in the GB 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 Reds' prestigious annual awards ceremony. The club finished their highest ever in Super League (5th), and went on to the end of season play-offs for the first time.

On 11 March 2006, David Hodgson scored a club Super League record 8 successful goal kicks – despite having never kicked a goal before the start of the 2006 season.

Hodgson in action for the Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants

In September 2007 he signed for the Huddersfield Giants, following Salford's relegation from Super League

Hull Kingston Rovers

On 18 July 2011, David Hodgson signed a three-year deal with his Hometown team Hull Kingston Rovers.[7]

Representative

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

In June 2007 Hodgson was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France[8]

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[9]

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.[10]

Post playing career

On 3 October 2014, David Hodgson announced his retirement and he signed a two-year contract to stay at his Hometown team Hull Kingston Rovers as an assistant coach, along with Willie Poching.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Huddersfield Giants (archived by web.archive.org)". web page. Huddersfield Giants. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Huddersfield Giants man David Hodgson to join Hull KR". BBC. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  9. ↑ "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  10. ↑ "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  11. ↑ "Hodgson To Take Coaching Role (archived by web.archive.org)". superleague.co.uk. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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