David Hodgson (rugby league)

David Hodgson

Personal information
Full name	David Hodgson
Nickname	Dodgey, Hodgey
Born	(1981-08-08) 8 August 1981 (age 35) Hull, England
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Fullback
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 0 0 0 0 0 Total 358 175 49 0 798 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2005–12 England 5 3 0 0 12 2007 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0 2001–03 Yorkshire

David Hodgson (born 8 August 1981) is a rugby league coach and player for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship. He plays on the wing or at fullback.

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.

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.

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.