| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Raz, Hudders | |||||
| Born | 20 November 1979 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) [1] | |||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) [2] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Hooker, Loose forward | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1998–1999 | Huddersfield Giants | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000–2001 | Wakefield Wildcats | 51 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| 2002–2004 | Castleford Tigers | 86 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 2004 | Bradford Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–2008 | Huddersfield Giants | 56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2009– | Castleford Tigers | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 255 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 221 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2002–Present | England A's | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003–Present | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003–Present | Yorkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Hudson is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Castleford Tigers of Super League. His position is hooker and he is the captain of the Tigers. He is also the brother of former Coronation Street and Wild at Heart actress Lucy-Jo Hudson.
He formerly played club rugby for Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and was set to play for the Bradford Bulls in 2005 but failed a substance test after taking some pain-killers abroad that contained the banned substance stanozolol. He was suspended from the game for two years; the ban expired shortly before the start of the Super League XII season (2008).
He has represented both England and Great Britain. He also captained Yorkshire in the now-defunct County of Origin series.
As a youngster he played for amateur side Stanley Rangers, whom he later went on to coach. Whilst at the club his potential was obvious. He picked up several player of the year awards and is regarded as one of the clubs finest ever products.
Outside of Rugby League he has an endorsement deal with Maximuscle.
Ryan co-owns a gym in Castleford with Featherstone Rovers player Jamie Field, he is also a coach at Stanley Rangers ARLFC.