David Hodgson (rugby league)

David Hodgson
Personal information
Full name David Hodgson
Nickname Dodgey, Hodgey
Born 8 August 1981 (1981-08-08) (age 30)
Hull, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–2000 Halifax 14 6 0 0 24
2000–2004 Wigan Warriors 118 48 0 0 192
2005–2007 Salford City Reds 87 35 48 0 236
2008–11 Huddersfield Giants 92 65 1 0 262
2012– Hull KR 0 0 0 0 0
Total 311 154 49 0 714
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005– England 5 3 0 0 12
Great Britain 3 0

David Hodgson (born August 8, 1981) plays for the Huddersfield Giants rugby league team. He has represented Great Britain, England and Yorkshire.

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

In 2003 he was Wigan’s top try scorer with 20. Prior to joining Salford he had made 122 Super League appearances in which time he scored 48 tries.

David signed for the Reds from Wigan when his contract was up at the end of 2004, following bad injury. 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.

In June 2007 Hodgson was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France [2]

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

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

He has been named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3]

He has been named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Huddersfield Giants". web page. Huddersfield Giants. http://www.giantsrl.com/locker_room/first_team/player?player=david-hodgson. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Eight new faces in Lions squad". BBC. 2007-06-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6744909.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-12. 
  3. ^ "Myler gets England call". England Rugby League. 2008-09-29. http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article.php?id=11890. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
  4. ^ "Gleeson to lead new-look England". BBC. 2008-10-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7642490.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 

External links

Huddersfield Giants – current squad