Evan Hodgson (born 14 September 1998) is an English

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footballer who plays as a for the

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in the

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. Hodgson has spent time on loan from

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

Doncaster Doncaster ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest se ...

in the

Background

Hodgson was born in

Leeds, West Yorkshire Leeds is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds , City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the List of English dist ...

, England. He is a product of the Bradford Bulls Academy system.

Playing career

Bradford Bulls

2017 - 2017 Season Hodgson featured in the pre-season friendlies against the

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

and

Keighley Cougars The Keighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Cougar Park and compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby le ...

. Hodgson featured in round 10

Halifax R.L.F.C. The Halifax Panthers are a professional rugby league club in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They play home games at The Shay and compete in the RFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of British rugby league system, British rugby lea ...

to round 13 against Sheffield. Hodgson also featured in the Championship Shield Game 5 Sheffield to Game 7

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...

. Hodgson also played in the

2017 Challenge Cup The 2017 Challenge Cup, (also known as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th staging of the Challenge Cup the main rugby league knockout tournament for teams in the Super League, the British National Leagues and a num ...

in round 4 against Featherstone. At the end of the season Hodgson signed a three-year contract extension with the Bradford club. 2018 - 2018 Season Hodgson featured in the pre-season friendlies against Halifax, Sheffield and

Dewsbury Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Calder, West Yorkshire, River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, ...

. 2019 -

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Hodgson featured in the pre-season friendly against York RLFC. Hodgson featured in round 11 against Barrow. Hodgson played in the 2019 Challenge Cup in round 4 against Keighley. 2020 - 2020 Season Hodgson featured in the pre-season friendlies against

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

, Dewsbury and York. Hodgson played in round 1 the London Broncos to round 3

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Featherstone ...

. Hodgson also featured in the 2020 Challenge Cup in round 5

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...

Newcastle Thunder

At the end of the season he signed for the

Newcastle Thunder The Newcastle Thunder is a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was founded in 2000 as Gateshead Thunder, after the merger of the original Gateshead Thunder into Hull F.C. in 1999. The Thunder were based in ...

Sheffield Eagles

On 10 June 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Sheffield in the

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Statistics

Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.

References

External links

Bradford Bulls profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodgson, Evan 1998 births Living people Bradford Bulls players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players English rugby league players Newcastle Thunder players 21st-century English sportsmen Rugby league players from Leeds Rugby league second-rows Rugby league props Sheffield Eagles players