Hayden Hopgood

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| name = Hayden Hopgood

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| full_name = Hayden Keith Hopgood

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|07|30|df=yes}}

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| height = 6 ft 3 in

| weight = 231 lb

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| position = Flanker / No. 8 / Lock

| superyears1 = 2007

| super1 = {{rut|Hurricanes}}

| superapps1 = 3

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| superyears2 = 2008

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| superapps2 = 4

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| repyears1 = 2014–15

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Japan}}

| repcaps1 = 11

| reppoints1 = 20

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Hayden Keith Hopgood (born 30 July 1980) is a New Zealand-born Japanese former international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Seasoned Goat stars for former champions |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/club-rugby/seasoned-goat-stars-former-champions |work=Otago Daily Times |date=3 April 2023 |language=en}}

Hopgood, educated at Christchurch's Shirley Boys' High School, was a forward and played his provincial rugby for Canterbury, which he sometimes captained.{{cite news |title=Canterbury name Shield defence team |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/canterbury-name-shield-defence-team/FBZYWIZIBCMJP2EVX5NSSDY3ZU/ |work=NZ Herald |date=10 July 2006 |language=en-NZ}} He played Super 14 rugby for Hurricanes in 2007 and Chiefs in 2008.{{cite web |title=Hayden Keith Hopgood |url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/hayden-k-hopgood |website=www.rugbyhistory.co.nz |language=en}}

Relocating to Japan in 2009, Hopgood spent five seasons with Toyota Verblitz and made 11 capped appearances for the Japan national team across 2014 and 2015, scoring four tries. He made the training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, but didn't make the final cut for Eddie Jones's team to travel to England.{{cite news |title=Eddie Jones opts for only two scrum-halves in Japan’s World Cup squad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/31/japan-eddie-jones-rugby-world-cup-squad |work=The Guardian |date=31 August 2015}}