Joel Hodgson (born 1 August 1992) is an

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player who plays for

Utah Warriors The Utah Warriors are a professional rugby union team that competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018. The team is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ...

in Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

and

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...

in the Aviva Premiership.

Rugby Union career

Professional career

He first started with

from the summer of 2010. He was loaned out to Rotherham Titans. On 13 June 2014, he left

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to join

from the 2014-15 season in the Aviva Premiership. After one season at Northampton, he departed to join

Yorkshire Carnegie Leeds Tykes (formerly Leeds RUFC, Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie) is an English rugby union club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, playing in the National League 1. The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 when it j ...

on a one-year deal in the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men’s English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when ...

from the 2015-16 season. On 21 April 2016, it was announced he would rejoin

. On 3 August 2022 it was announced that he joined

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

in a short-term deal. He came on a replacement in the friendly match against Ayrshire Bulls on 2 September 2022. On 13 August 2022 it was announced that he joined

to play in the Major League Rugby.

International career

He played for England U18 at scrum-half; and then moved to fly-half with England u19s.

References

External links

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Newcastle Falcons Profile
Living people Glasgow Warriors players Newcastle Falcons players 1992 births Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby union players from Newcastle upon Tyne Northampton Saints players Leeds Tykes players Rotherham Titans players Utah Warriors players Expatriate rugby union players in the United States English rugby union players English expatriate rugby union players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub