Liam Hood (born 6 January 1992) is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League. He previously played for the Leeds Rhinos in the

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

, and on loan from Leeds at the Dewsbury Rams in the Championship and the Hunslet Hawks in the Championship and Championship 1. Hood has also played for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League and the

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

and the Widnes Vikings in the Betfred Championship.

Background

Hood was born in

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, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

Leeds Rhinos

Hood signed a professional contract with Leeds in 2009 and made his début in 2011 against Castleford scoring a controversial try that was given even though he was just short of the try line. Later on in the season he was loaned to

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

where he made 12 appearances scoring twice. Between 2013 and 2014 he was on dual registration at Hunslet, making 34 appearances and scoring 17 tries. He left Leeds in 2014 after making 5 appearances and scoring three tries.

Salford Red Devils

Hood joined Salford for the 2016 season after being released by Leeds. He made 22 appearances scoring only once. He was one of many players to be released at the end of 2015.

Leigh Centurions

On 10 August 2020, it was confirmed that Hood had re-signed for

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Wakefield Trinity

On 17 August 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Wakefield Trinity in the

. Hood made 21 appearances for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League XXVIII season as the club finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the

RFL Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football Lea ...

which ended their 24-year stay in the top flight.

International career

Liam made his international début for Scotland in the

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. In October and November 2015, Liam played for Scotland in the

2015 European Cup The 2015 European Cup was an international rugby league football tournament. The tournament took place between 16 October and 7 November in Wales, France, Scotland and Ireland. Scotland were the defending champions. Four teams competed in the 20 ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Liam 1992 births Living people Dewsbury Rams players English people of Scottish descent English rugby league players Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Leeds Rhinos players Leigh Leopards captains Leigh Leopards players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Bradford Salford Red Devils players Scotland national rugby league team players Swinton Lions players Wakefield Trinity players