Jodie Broughton (born 9 January 1988) is an English

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footballer who plays on the for the

Batley Bulldogs Batley is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Batley lies south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield. Batley is part of th ...

in the

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. He is a four-time England Knights international. He has previously been in the system of the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

and spent time on loan from

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Hull F.C. Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and were ...

in 2008 and 2009. Broughton has also played for the

Salford City Reds The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...

and the

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sh ...

. He has spent time on loan from the

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Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...

( Heritage No. 1343). He has also played for the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...

in the top flight and from the

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in the

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. In 2011, Broughton was named Fastest Man in the

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Background

Broughton was born in

, West Yorkshire, England. He is the half-brother of former Leeds Rhinos teammate

Jamie Jones-Buchanan Jamie Daniel Peter Jones-Buchanan (born 1 August 1981) is an English rugby league coach and former professional player. He was briefly the interim head coach for Leeds in the Super League XXVII season. A forward, he played for his entire p ...

Early career

Broughton began playing rugby league for local sides Milford Marlins A.R.L.F.C. ARLFC and Queens A.R.L.F.C. and was also selected to represent the Leeds Service Area. He has won a number of competitions including the Leeds and District Cup, Yorkshire Cup, National Cup, West Riding Cup and the Yorkshire combination league/cup.

Club career

Leeds Rhinos

Broughton signed for the

Academy in 2006. In the 2007 season he made 15 appearances for the Junior side scoring 10 tries.

Hull F.C.

On 20 June 2008 Broughton signed for

on a months loan. He made his club and Super League début two days later at

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in a 36–22 defeat by the

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the Championship. They have won five Challenge Cups, six league championships and three World Club Challenges. The team jersey is predom ...

. A week later he scored his first Super League try in a 24–22 loss to

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington Z ...

. He went on to make a total of 5 appearances for Hull F.C. over the season. Following his return to Leeds Rhinos, Broughton was again the subject of a loan move to Hull F.C. when he signed for a second stint on 16 April 2009. He scored a brace of tries in Hull's 37–22 defeat by

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

on 13 June 2009.

Salford Red Devils

He joined Salford for 2010 and has since seen his career flourish at the Greater Manchester club establishing himself in the Reds' first team and being drafted into the England training squad.

Huddersfield Giants

He signed for 2013

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winners

in October 2013, he made his senior début on 7 March 2014 and scored a try in a 12–12 draw with the

. In March 2015 he played for the

in their

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game against

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Catalans Dragons

On 18 August 2015, Jodie signed for the

French franchise the

on a two-year deal starting in 2016.

Batley Bulldogs

On 24 August 2020 it was announced that Broughton had signed for the

for the 2021 season.

Personal

Broughton is unusual in that he also holds a part-time job with Wates Construction, as a trainee quantity surveyor based on a building site in

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, and is also studying part-time for a degree at the

University of Salford , caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford , mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things" , established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...

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References

External links

Catalans Dragons profileLeeds Rhinos profileLeeds Rhinos: Loanee Jodie's out to impress
* (archived by web.archive.org
Stats → PastPlayers → B at hullfc.com
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Statistics at hullfc.comSL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Jodie 1988 births Living people Alumni of the University of Salford Batley Bulldogs players Catalans Dragons players England Knights national rugby league team players English rugby league players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Hull F.C. players Leeds Rhinos players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league players from Leeds Rugby league wingers Salford Red Devils players Toulouse Olympique players English people of Jamaican descent