Mitchell Dodds (born 3 July 1989) is an Australian former professional

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footballer who played as a for the

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in the

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and the

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in the

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Background

Dodds completed his schooling at well known rugby union school Iona College, where he played 1st 15 rugby union for Iona in the AIC competition with future rugby league footballer;

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Playing career

Dodds played his junior rugby league at Capalaba Warriors, feeder club to

Wynnum-Manly Seagulls The Wynnum Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1951 to 1997. Sinc ...

, playing division 2 football. During his high school years he attended Iona College and played in the first Rugby.

2008

In 2008, Dodds joined the

Under 20s side and played in the 2008 Grand Final team which lost to the

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2009

Dodds yet again played Under 20s for the Broncos but as well played for

Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, Queensland, Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum, Queensland, Wynnum. They competed in the Bri ...

in the Queensland Cup.

2010

In 2010, Dodds made his NRL début against

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starting as a , Dodds played every other game that year except in round 4 against the

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

. Dodds played 23 games during the season and didn't score a try.

2011

He played for the

in the 2011

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when he wasn't playing First Grade. Dodds played 13 games for

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during the season and didn't score a try.

2012

Dodds played 10 First Grade games for the

in 2012 and didn't score any tries, but his first game didn't come until round 13 against

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. Dodds yet again played for Wynnum Manly when he didn't play first grade.

2013

Dodds started the season in first grade but then was demoted in round 4 and didn't return until round 12. Dodds played 11 games for the

and he scored his first NRL try against the

in round 13, but in round 21 against the

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Dodds suffered an

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(ACL) knee injury which ended his season.

2014

Dodds didn't play any first grade in 2014 due to an ACL knee injury suffered the previous season in a game against

2015

Dodds played in the Broncos World Club challenge game against

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and then made his return to the NRL in

's round 1 clash against South Sydney but injured his calf and missed the next three weeks. Dodds returned to the Brisbane lineup in round 5 and scored two tries against the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

. In round 8 there were fears Dodds had done his ACL for the third time in less than two years but luckily it was medial ligament damage. Dodds returned in round 15 for Brisbane in the win over the

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due to teammate Josh McGuire suffering a season ending

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injury the following week against the

. In September, it was confirmed that Dodds signed a one-year deal with English

franchise,

. He played for them in the 2016 season. He moved to Warrington with girlfriend Kelsie Mitchell.

2016

On Saturday 12 Mar 2016, Dodds suffered a double leg break in his tibia and fibula playing against the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

. The

re-signed Dodds for the 2017 NRL season but he spent the year in reserve grade before retiring meaning his last NRL game was the 2015 Grand Final. https://www.codesports.com.au/nrl/where-are-they-now-every-cowboys-and-broncos-player-from-the-2015-grand-final/news-story/a15a6e58e05706e16b03b4dcf979f83d

References

External links

Profile at warringtonwolves.comBrisbane Broncos profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dodds, Mitchell 1989 births Living people Australian rugby league players Australian expatriate rugby league players in England Brisbane Broncos players Rugby league players from Brisbane Rugby league props Warrington Wolves players Wynnum Manly Seagulls players People educated at Iona College Brisbane 21st-century Australian sportsmen