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| Full name | Jodie Broughton | |||||
| Born | January 9, 1988 Leeds,, England |
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13 st 8 lb) [1] | |||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2008 | Hull | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | Hull | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2010– | Salford City Reds | 53 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Total | 61 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 136 | |
| As of 6th October 2011 | ||||||
Jodie Broughton (born 9 January 1988 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is a rugby league player for Salford City Reds in the European Super League. He plays as a centre or wing. He is the half-brother of former Leeds teammate Jamie Jones-Buchanan and is considered by many to be the fastest player in the competition. In 2011, Broughton was named Fastest Man in Super League. [2]
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Broughton began playing Rugby League for local sides Milford and Queens and was also selected to represent the Leeds Service Area. He has won a number of competitions including the Leeds and District Cup, Yorkshire Cup, National Cup, West Riding Cup and the Yorkshire combination league/cup.
Broughton signed for the Leeds Rhinos Academy in 2006. In the 2007 season he made 15 appearances for the Junior side scoring 10 tries.[3]
On 20 June 2008 Broughton signed for Hull on a months loan.[4] He made his club and Super League debut two days later at Odsal in a 36-22 defeat to the Bradford Bulls.[5] A week later he scored his first Super League try in a 24-22 loss to Warrington Wolves. He went on to make a total of 5 appearance for the Airlie Birds over the season.[6]
Following his return to Leeds, Broughton was again the subject of a loan move to Hull when he signed for a second stint on 16 April 2009.[7] He scored a brace of tries in Hulls 37-22 defeat to Wakefield on 13 June 2009.[8]
He joined Salford for 2010[9] and has since seen his career flourish at the Greater Manchester club establishing himself in the Reds first team and being drafted into the England training squad.
Broughton is unusual in that he also holds a part time job with Wates Construction, as a trainee quantity surveyor based on a building site in Doncaster and is also studying part time for a degree at the University of Salford.[10]
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