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Brett Hodgson
Brett Hodgson (born 12 February 1978) is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional player during the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking fullback, he played his club football in the NRL for the Western Suburbs Magpies, the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL premiership. He played in the Super League for the Huddersfield Giants, with whom he won the 2009 Man of Steel Award, and the Warrington Wolves, with whom he won both the Challenge Cup and the Lance Todd Trophy. Hodgson also gained representative selection for the Exiles and City NSW.
Hodgson was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
An Ingleburn RSL (Campbelltown) junior, Hodgson was graded to the Western Suburbs Magpies. He made his first-grade début under coach Tommy Raudonikis in round 11 of the 1997 ARL season, when Wests met the South Queensland Crushers at Campbelltown Stadium. He later said, "In my first game I was on the bench and didn’t get on until the 78th minute because Tommy forgot I was on the sidelines. Paul Langmack came off, grabbed the walkie-talkie and said: 'Tommy, you've got [Hodgson] down here, are you going to put him on?' Tommy asked me where I wanted to play and I said fullback. He said, 'Righto, off you go.'" After a further game on the bench, Hodgson moved to the wing for the remainder of the season. In his first game in the starting side, he scored two tries in a win against Sydney City.
In 1998, Hodgson played wing, halfback and fullback. He scored ten tries from his 19 appearances, though the Magpies only won four of those games. In round 12, he scored his first hat-trick, in a 36–24 win over the Adelaide Rams. Securing a spot at fullback in 1999, the Magpies' last season before merging with Balmain to become the Wests Tigers in 2000, he played a further 19 games.
Hodgson later said his departure from the club was influenced by Balmain coach Wayne Pearce being appointed the joint venture's inaugural head coach over Raudonikis: "I got offered a deal to stay at Wests Tigers when they first merged. I had a conversation with Tommy that I was going to stay. I felt my loyalties lay with Tommy and I took less money to go to Parramatta. I had a lot of respect for Wayne Pearce ... but I had a lot of loyalty to Tommy. The rest is history."
In 2008, Hodgson was the last remaining former Western Suburbs Magpies' footballer playing in the NRL, before the return of John Skandalis in 2009, and Ray Cashmere in 2012.
In 1999, Hodgson signed with Parramatta Eels for the 2000 NRL season. Hodgson's season was cut short following a high tackle from Cronulla's Mitch Healey, breaking his jaw.
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Brett Hodgson
Brett Hodgson (born 12 February 1978) is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional player during the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking fullback, he played his club football in the NRL for the Western Suburbs Magpies, the Parramatta Eels and the Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL premiership. He played in the Super League for the Huddersfield Giants, with whom he won the 2009 Man of Steel Award, and the Warrington Wolves, with whom he won both the Challenge Cup and the Lance Todd Trophy. Hodgson also gained representative selection for the Exiles and City NSW.
Hodgson was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
An Ingleburn RSL (Campbelltown) junior, Hodgson was graded to the Western Suburbs Magpies. He made his first-grade début under coach Tommy Raudonikis in round 11 of the 1997 ARL season, when Wests met the South Queensland Crushers at Campbelltown Stadium. He later said, "In my first game I was on the bench and didn’t get on until the 78th minute because Tommy forgot I was on the sidelines. Paul Langmack came off, grabbed the walkie-talkie and said: 'Tommy, you've got [Hodgson] down here, are you going to put him on?' Tommy asked me where I wanted to play and I said fullback. He said, 'Righto, off you go.'" After a further game on the bench, Hodgson moved to the wing for the remainder of the season. In his first game in the starting side, he scored two tries in a win against Sydney City.
In 1998, Hodgson played wing, halfback and fullback. He scored ten tries from his 19 appearances, though the Magpies only won four of those games. In round 12, he scored his first hat-trick, in a 36–24 win over the Adelaide Rams. Securing a spot at fullback in 1999, the Magpies' last season before merging with Balmain to become the Wests Tigers in 2000, he played a further 19 games.
Hodgson later said his departure from the club was influenced by Balmain coach Wayne Pearce being appointed the joint venture's inaugural head coach over Raudonikis: "I got offered a deal to stay at Wests Tigers when they first merged. I had a conversation with Tommy that I was going to stay. I felt my loyalties lay with Tommy and I took less money to go to Parramatta. I had a lot of respect for Wayne Pearce ... but I had a lot of loyalty to Tommy. The rest is history."
In 2008, Hodgson was the last remaining former Western Suburbs Magpies' footballer playing in the NRL, before the return of John Skandalis in 2009, and Ray Cashmere in 2012.
In 1999, Hodgson signed with Parramatta Eels for the 2000 NRL season. Hodgson's season was cut short following a high tackle from Cronulla's Mitch Healey, breaking his jaw.
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