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

• David Hodgson Wigan Career Page on the Wigan RL Fansite.
• Salford Squad Profile: David Hodgson
• Salford City Reds Website Homepage
• 2001 Ashes profile

Persondata
Name	Hodgson, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	8 August 1981
Place of birth	Hull
Date of death
Place of death