Reece Hodge
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Reece Hodge
| image = File:2017.06.24.15.28.28-Reece Hodge (34706371334) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hodge with Australia against Italy in 2017
| birth_name =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|26 August 1994}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espnscrum.com/blogs/rugby/player/185011.html |title=Reece Hodge – ESPN Scrum |website=espnscrum.com |publisher=ESPNscrum }}
| birth_place = North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 191 cm{{cite web |url=https://melbournerebels.rugby/players/reece-hodge |title=Reece Hodge – Melbourne Rebels |website=melbournerebels.rugby |publisher=Melbourne Rebels |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303105302/https://melbournerebels.rugby/players/reece-hodge |archive-date=3 March 2020 }}
| weight_update =
| school = Northern Beaches Secondary College, Selective Campus
| university = University of Sydney{{cite web |url=https://au.linkedin.com/in/reece-hodge-b7a51689 |title=Reece Hodge – LinkedIn |website=LinkedIn |publisher= }}
| spouse =
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| ru_position = Centre / Fullback / Wing / Fly-half
| ru_currentteam =
| youthyears1 = –2012
| youthclubs1 = Harbord Harlequins
| youthyears2 = –2012
| youthclubs2 = Northern Beaches Secondary College
| amatyears1 = 2011–2015
| amatteam1 = Manly
| amatapps1 = 21
| amatpoints1 = 169
| ru_amupdate = 15 August 2015
| years1 = 2015
| clubs1 = North Harbour Rays
| apps1 = 7
| points1 = 19
| years2 = 2016–2023
| clubs2 = Melbourne Rebels
| apps2 = 100
| points2 = 573
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = Bayonne
| apps3 = 7
| points3 = 10
| ru_clubupdate = 1 June 2024
| repyears1 = 2012
| repteam1 = Australian Schoolboys
| repcaps1 = 2
| reppoints1 = 7
| repyears2 = 2013
| repteam2 = Australia U20
| repcaps2 = 3
| reppoints2 = 14
| repyears3 = 2016–2023
| repteam3 = Australia
| repcaps3 = 63
| reppoints3 = 168
| ru_ntupdate = 8 July 2023
}}
Reece Hodge (born 26 August 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a back. After playing his junior career primarily at fly-half,{{cite news |last=Geddes |first=Jon |date=20 February 2015 |title=Hodge ready to rock in 2015 following injury |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/sport/hodge-ready-to-rock-in-2015-following-injury/news-story/861efd26f4bb5d943350100170550a28 |work=The Daily Telegraph }} Hodge initially played fullback and wing for the Rebels, and primarily played wing for Australia, before eventually moving to centre. In his most recent appearance for Australia (8 July 2023; South Africa) Hodge played at inside centre. Hodge currently plays for French club Bayonne in the Top 14 and the Australia national team. Hodge started his professional career in Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels, where he reached 100 appearances and became the team's most capped player before his departure in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/hodge-to-bring-up-ton-in-friday-night-blockbuster-against-the-brumbies-2023531 |title=Hodge to bring up Ton in Friday night blockbuster against the Brumbies |date=31 May 2023 |website=melbournerebels.rugby |publisher=Melbourne Rebels |access-date=26 July 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605134708/https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/hodge-to-bring-up-ton-in-friday-night-blockbuster-against-the-brumbies-2023531 |archive-date=5 June 2023 }}{{Cite tweet |user=MelbourneRebels |number=1663440071545192450 |title=🛡️100 for Hodge Special morning spent with our board members, coaches, players & staff, celebrating Reece Hodge’s stellar career & becoming the first Rebel to play 100 Super Rugby matches for our Club this week. We're so proud of you Hodgey & can't wait for Friday night! 👏🏼}}
Career
{{Update|Category|date=July 2023}}
=Domestic career=
Hodge began playing rugby union in his youth with the Harbord Harlequins in 2001.{{cite web |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/586b2c989f7456a21263510e/t/5a32fdab8165f5a0b02063fa/1513291201685/HHRC_Ann_Report_2016_%281%29.pdf |title=Harbord Harlequins Rugby Club Annual Report 2016 |date=2016 |website=static1.squarespace.com }} Playing school rugby for Northern Beaches Secondary College (Manly Selective Campus), Hodge was an injury replacement in the 2012 Australian Schoolboys tour of Fiji and New Zealand.{{cite web |url=https://schoolsrugby.com.au/app/uploads/2020/07/ASRU-TEAMS-2010-2019-V2.pdf |title=Australian Schools Team To Tour Fiji and New Zealand, 18th September – 7th October 2012 |date= |website=schoolsrugby.com.au |publisher= }} Before Hodge was called up to represent Australia in youth rugby, he was splitting his time between rugby and cricket. Hodge said in 2016: "Around 17 I was playing at state level cricket and rugby and splitting my time between them and it was only really after school when I was picked in the ARU National Academy that I gave up playing grade cricket to focus on rugby with the goal of eventually playing professionally."{{cite news |date=26 August 2016 |title=Hodge's pursuit of rugby career pays off |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hodges-pursuit-of-rugby-career-pays-off/c0sbo6h5y |work=SBS News }}
==Melbourne Rebels==
In August 2015, Hodge (20-years-old) signed to play for the Melbourne Rebels on a two-year deal after impressing with the Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield.{{cite news |date=4 August 2015 |title=Reece Hodge signs with Melbourne Rebels and will add huge kicking to club’s arsenal |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/rugby/melbourne-rebels/reece-hodge-has-signed-with-the-melbourne-rebels-and-his-prodigious-kicking-will/news-story/a82c5345c67f03c87624883a20496e06 |url-access=subscription |work=Herald Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709102518/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/rugby/melbourne-rebels/reece-hodge-has-signed-with-the-melbourne-rebels-and-his-prodigious-kicking-will/news-story/a82c5345c67f03c87624883a20496e06 |archive-date=9 July 2016 }}{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Roy |date=4 August 2015 |title=Melbourne Rebels land Reece Hodge from Manly Marlins |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/melbourne-rebels-land-reece-hodge-from-manly-marlins-20150804-giqwy3.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald }} After Hodge's first season with the Rebels, The Daily Telegraph reported that he had been offered a contract in 2014 to play for then-French and then-European champions Toulon, but he rejected the offer.{{cite news |last=Payten |first=Iain |date=23 September 2016 |title=Reece Hodge turned down megaclub Toulon in 2014 to chase Wallaby dream |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/reece-hodge-turned-down-megaclub-toulon-in-2014-to-chase-wallaby-dream/news-story/14c5671aed7234169be6adc22fc42c87 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Hodge's first season with the Rebels was extraordinary, scoring nine tries in total (equal sixth),{{cite web |url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/tryscorers.aspx?categoryid=sarugby/superrugby&leagueid=2714&fullview=true |title=2016 Super Rugby – Try Scorers |website=sarugby.co.za |publisher=SA Rugby Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809165441/http://www.sarugby.co.za/tryscorers.aspx?categoryid=sarugby/superrugby&leagueid=2714&fullview=true |archive-date=9 August 2017 }} the most for the Rebels in 2016, adding eighteen points from the boot as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/scorers.aspx?leagueid=2714&fullview=true |title=2016 Super Rugby – Point Scorers |website=sarugby.co.za |publisher=SA Rugby Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012916/http://www.sarugby.co.za/scorers.aspx?leagueid=2714&fullview=true |archive-date=30 March 2018 }} Two of Hodge's tries came on debut against the Western Force, with Hodge scoring a total of twenty points.{{cite news |date=27 February 2016 |title=Melbourne Rebels beat Western Force 25-19 in Super Rugby opener thanks to new recruit Reece Hodge |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-27/melbourne-rebels-recruits-win-super-rugby-opener-against-force/7205648 |work=ABC News }}{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/australia/rugby/story/287863.html |title=Reece Hodge stars on debut for victorious Rebels |date=27 February 2016 |website=en.espn.co.uk |publisher=ESPNscrum }} Starting at fullback, Hodge found himself at inside centre toward the latter half of the season,{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Roy |date=20 April 2016 |title=Melbourne Rebels Tamati Ellison awaits baby's birth and Cheetahs game |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/melbourne-rebels-tamati-ellison-awaits-babys-birth-and-cheetahs-game-20160420-gob4pe.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |quote=Sefa Naivalu will move to the wing to replace Shipperley while Jonah Placid has gone to fullback and Reece Hodge into the centres alongside Ellison. }} and was also deployed at outside centre as well.{{cite news |date=22 April 2016 |title=Garth April showers Highlanders with penalties as Sharks clinch narrow Super Rugby win |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/1937826/garth-april-showers-sharks-penalty-points-clinch-super-rugby-win-over |work=South China Morning Post |quote=In Melbourne, outside centre Reece Hodge scored a try in each half as the Rebels stormed to a 36–14 win over Cheetahs. }} Upon reflection of Hodge's first season with the Rebels, CEO Baden Stephenson said: "Reece arrived at the Rebels and had an immediate impact, winning the competition’s Rookie of the Year award and becoming part of Michael Cheika's Wallabies squad," "He is a player that goes above and beyond for his club and his teammates. He is a consummate professional and is someone who embodies everything that the Melbourne Rebels stand for."{{cite web |url=https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/rebels-to-salute-historymaking-hodge-2023526 |title=Rebels to salute history-making Hodge |date=26 May 2023 |website=melbournerebels.rugby |publisher=Melbourne Rebels |access-date= }}
=International career=
Hodge was named in Michael Cheika's Wallabies camp in late May 2016, ahead of the England tour of Australia. He was an injury replacement for Mike Harris.{{cite web |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/05/30/04/13/hodge-wants-to-make-most-of-whirlwind |title=Hodge wants to make most of Wallabies whirlwind |last=Newman |first=Beth |date=30 May 2016 |website=rugby.com.au |publisher= }} Hodge remained in the squad for the remainder of the series. However he did not make an appearance for the Wallabies.{{cite web |url=https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2016/06/03/05/36/hodge-survives-first-wallabies-cut |title=Hodge survives first Wallabies cut |last=Newman |first=Beth |date=3 June 2016 |website=rugby.com.au |publisher= }}
Hodge made his debut for Australia in the second round (27 August) of the 2016 Rugby Championship against New Zealand at Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington.{{cite news |date=8 September 2016 |title=Dean Mumm and Reece Hodge come into Wallabies team for South Africa Test |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/08/dan-mumm-and-reece-hodge-come-into-wallabies-team-for-south-africa-test |work=Guardian Australia |quote=His inclusion is one of just two changes to the team that lost 29–9 to the All Blacks in Wellington, with Reece Hodge also coming in for Adam Ashley-Cooper, who has returned to his club in France. Hodge – who made his Test debut off the bench in that match – will play on the left wing with Dane Haylett-Petty switching over to the right. }} Coming on as a replacement for Adam Ashley-Cooper at right-wing, Hodge kicked a penalty goal in the thirty-fourth minute. Australia lost 29–9.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com.au/rugby/matchstats?gameId=268575&league=244293 |title=New Zealand – Australia, ESPN |website=espn.com.au |publisher=ESPNscrum }}
Hodge represented Australia A once in 2022.
Statistics
=Career statistics=
{{updated|8 June 2024.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||||
| width=125px|Team
! width=115px|Competition ! width=85px|Season ! width=65px|Matches ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Starts|Matches started in the first fifteen}} ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Sub.|Matches substituted on}} ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Min.|Minutes played}} ! width=65px|Tries ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Con.|Conversions}} ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Pen.|Penalty goals}} ! width=65px|{{tooltip|Drop.|Drop goals}} ! width=65px|Points ! width=65px|{{yellow card}} {{tooltip|Yel.|Yellow cards}} ! width=65px|{{red card}} {{tooltip|Red|Red cards}} | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=10|Melbourne Rebels
| rowspan=10|Super Rugby | 2016 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 881 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1,108 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1,195 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1,040 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 AU | 9 | 8 | 1 | 656 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 AU | 6 | 6 | 0 | 480 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT
| colspan=11 {{N/A}} | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 857 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 983 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 119 | 1 | 0 |
| colspan=3| Melbourne Rebels total || 100 || 96 || 4 || 8,339 || 37 || 89 || 70 || 0 || 573 || 5 || 1 | |||||||||||
| Bayonne
| Top 14 | 2023–24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 365 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan=3| Total || 106 || 100 || 6 || 8,704 || 39 || 89 || 70 || 0 || 583 || 5 || 1 |
=International tries=
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| width=25px| Try
! width=140px| Opponent ! width=150px| Location ! width=210px| Venue ! width=200px| Competition ! Date ! width=120px colspan=2|Result ! {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| align=center|1
|align=left|{{ru|Wales}} |align=left|Cardiff |align=left|Millennium Stadium |align=left rowspan=2|2016 Autumn International |align=left|5 November 2016 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|8–32 |align=center|{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Richard |date=5 November 2016 |title=Autumn international: Wales 8–32 Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/37873837 |work=BBC Sport }} |
| align=center|2
|align=left|{{ru|Scotland}} |align=left|Edinburgh |align=left|Murrayfield Stadium |align=left|12 November 2016 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|22–23 |
| align=center|3
|align=left|{{ru|Italy}} |align=left|Brisbane |align=left|Lang Park |align=left|2017 June International |align=left|24 June 2017 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|40–27 |
| align=center|4
|align=left rowspan=2|{{ru|Argentina}} |align=left rowspan=2|Mendoza |align=left rowspan=2|Estadio Malvinas Argentinas |align=left rowspan=2|2017 Rugby Championship |align=left rowspan=2|7 October 2017 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB rowspan=2|Win |align=center rowspan=2|20–37 |align=center rowspan=2|{{cite news |date=8 October 2017 |title=The Rugby Championship: Argentina 20–37 Australia |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/41542084 |work=BBC Sport }} |
| align=center|5 |
| align=center|6
|align=left|{{ru|New Zealand}} |align=left|Brisbane |align=left|Lang Park |align=left|2017 Autumn International |align=left|21 October 2017 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|23–18 |
| align=center|7
|align=left|{{ru|New Zealand}} |align=left|Auckland |align=left|Eden Park |align=left rowspan=2|2018 Rugby Championship |align=left|25 August 2018 |align=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB|Loss |align=center|40–12 |
| align=center|8
|align=left|{{ru|South Africa}} |align=left|Port Elizabeth |align=left|Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium |align=left|29 September 2018 |align=center bgcolor=#FFBBBB|Loss |align=center|23–12 |align=center|{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Keith |date=30 September 2018 |title=South Africa 23-12 Australia: Springboks beat Wallabies, but All Blacks win title |url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12336/11512451/south-africa-23-12-australia-springboks-win-keeps-slender-title-hopes-alive |work=Sky Sports }} |
| align=center|9
|align=left|{{ru|Argentina}} |align=left|Brisbane |align=left|Lang Park |align=left rowspan=3|2019 Rugby Championship |align=left|27 July 2019 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|16–10 |
| align=center|10
|align=left rowspan=2|{{ru|New Zealand}} |align=left rowspan=2|Perth |align=left rowspan=2|Perth Stadium |align=left rowspan=2|10 August 2019 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB rowspan=2|Win |align=center rowspan=2|47–26 |align=center rowspan=2|{{cite news |date=11 August 2019 |title=Wallabies shock All Blacks with 47-26 win |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/396413/wallabies-shock-all-blacks-with-47-26-win |work=Radio New Zealand }} |
| align=center|11 |
| align=center|12
|align=left|{{ru|Fiji}} |align=left|Sapporo |align=left|Sapporo Dome |align=left|2019 Rugby World Cup |align=left|21 September 2019 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|39–21 |
| align=center|13
|align=left|{{ru|Argentina}} |align=left|Townsville |align=left|North Queensland Stadium |align=left|2021 Rugby Championship |align=left|25 September 2021 |align=center bgcolor=#BBF3BB|Win |align=center|27–8 |
References
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External links
- [http://melbournerebels.com/team/players/reece-hodge/ Reece Hodge - Melbourne Rebels]
{{Australia Squad 2019 Rugby World Cup}}
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