Courtney Hodder
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| Born | 8 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Courtney Hodder (born 8 July 2000) is an Australian rules footballer and former rugby union player currently playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played rugby for the Western Force and the Queensland Reds in the Super W and was the top try-scorer in the competition in 2018.
Early life
[edit]Hodder is a Noongar - Yamatji woman.[1] She grew up in suburban Perth and played junior football with Peel Thunder[2] and was part of 3 under-18 All-Australian teams.[3]
Rugby union
[edit]Hodder played for the Western Force in the inaugural season of the Super W in 2018. During a year which included scoring six tries in the Force's round 1 game against the Melbourne Rebels,[4] she finished the season as the top try-scorer in the competition.
She did not play in the 2019 Super W season due to a broken leg, and after recovery was selected near the end of the year to play for Australia A in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship,[5] where she played two games.
She returned to the Super W in 2020 to play for the Queensland Reds, scoring five tries throughout the shortened season.
Australian rules football
[edit]On 28 August 2020, Brisbane signed Hodder for the 2021 AFL Women's season as an other-sport rookie.[6] She made her debut that season in round 1 against Richmond, kicking a goal with her first kick.[7]
Statistics
[edit]- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season.[8]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2021 | Brisbane | 21 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 30 | 85 | 7 | 59 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 0 |
| Career | 11 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 30 | 85 | 7 | 59 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 0 | ||
Honours and achievements
[edit]Individual
- AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2021
Goal of the Year Winner 2021
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Indigenous round celebrated, minute’s silence scrapped, young draftees step up: Five AFLW talking points from round three by Marnie Vinall for the Age 12 September 12 2022
- ^ WA bred code-hopper Courtney Hodder goes from Peel Thunder, Western Force to AFLW grand final with Brisbane by Eliza Reilly for The West Australian 26 November 2022
- ^ [AFLW: Ex-rugby star Courtney Hodder named in Brisbane side the Lions’ first game of the season] by Marco Monteverde for NCA Newswire 31 January 2021
- ^ Warren, Adrian (13 March 2018). "Western Force teenage sensation Courtney Hodder scores six tries in a match". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Teenage star Hodder in line to return to international stage with Australia A". Rugby Australia. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2020). "AFLW: Rugby star Courtney Hodder signs two-year deal with Brisbane Lions". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Mottershead, James (31 January 2021). "AFLW 2021: Brisbane extends Richmond's winless run in AFLW, Fremantle and North Melbourne notch wins". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Courtney Hodder". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Courtney Hodder's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
- Courtney Hodder at AustralianFootball.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian female rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Indigenous Australian rugby union players
- 21st-century Australian women