Joel Hodgson | |
Birth Name: | Joel James Hodgson |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1992 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
Weight: | 800NaN0 [1] |
School: | Royal Grammar School Newcastle |
Position: | Fly-half / Scrum-half |
Years1: | 2010–14 |
Years2: | 2013–14 |
Years3: | 2014–15 |
Years4: | 2015–16 |
Years5: | 2016–22 |
Years6: | 2022 |
Years7: | 2022- |
Clubs1: | Newcastle Falcons |
Clubs2: | →Rotherham Titans |
Clubs3: | Northampton Saints |
Clubs4: | Yorkshire Carnegie |
Clubs5: | Newcastle Falcons |
Clubs6: | Glasgow Warriors |
Clubs7: | Utah Warriors |
Apps1: | 37 |
Apps2: | 3 |
Apps3: | 5 |
Apps4: | 24 |
Apps5: | 68 |
Apps6: | 0 |
Points1: | 107 |
Points2: | 15 |
Points3: | 0 |
Points4: | 79 |
Points5: | 266 |
Points6: | 0 |
Repyears2: | 2013–14 |
Repteam1: | England U18 |
Repteam2: | England U19 |
Reppoints2: | 3 |
Joel Hodgson (born 1 August 1992) is an English rugby union player who plays for Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby (MLR).[2] He previously played for Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.
He first started with Newcastle Falcons from the summer of 2010. He was loaned out to Rotherham Titans.[3] On 13 June 2014, he left Kingston Park to join Northampton Saints from the 2014-15 season in the Aviva Premiership.[4] After one season at Northampton, he departed to join Yorkshire Carnegie on a one-year deal in the RFU Championship from the 2015-16 season.[5] On 21 April 2016, it was announced he would rejoin Newcastle Falcons.
On 3 August 2022 it was announced that he joined Glasgow Warriors in a short-term deal. He came on a replacement in the friendly match against Ayrshire Bulls on 2 September 2022.[6]
On 13 August 2022 it was announced that he joined Utah Warriors to play in the Major League Rugby.[7]
He played for England U18 at scrum-half;[8] and then moved to fly-half with England u19s.[9]