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Courtney Hodder
Courtney Hodder
	Hodder warming up before the 2022 season 7 AFL Women's Grand Final
Born	8 July 2000 (age 24)
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Original team(s)
Personal information
Original team(s)	Queensland Reds (Super W)
Draft	Rookie signing, 2020
Debut	Round 1, 2021, Brisbane vs. Richmond, at Punt Road Oval
Position(s)	Midfielder/forward
Club information
Current club	Brisbane
Number	21
Playing career1
Years	Club
2021–	Brisbane
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
	AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2021; AFLW premiership player: 2021, 2023;
	Source: AustralianFootball.com
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career
Years	Team
2018	Force
2020	Reds
Total
	Correct as of the end of the 2020 season
International career
Years	Team
2019	Australia A
	Correct as of the end of 2019

Courtney Hodder (born 8 July 2000) is an Australian rules footballer and former rugby union player currently playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played rugby for the Western Force and the Queensland Reds in the Super W and was the top try-scorer in the competition in 2018.

Early life

Hodder is a Noongar - Yamatji woman.^[1] She grew up in suburban Perth and played junior football with Peel Thunder^[2] and was part of 3 under-18 All-Australian teams.^[3]

Rugby union

Hodder played for the Western Force in the inaugural season of the Super W in 2018. During a year which included scoring six tries in the Force's round 1 game against the Melbourne Rebels,^[4] she finished the season as the top try-scorer in the competition.

She did not play in the 2019 Super W season due to a broken leg, and after recovery was selected near the end of the year to play for Australia A in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship,^[5] where she played two games.

She returned to the Super W in 2020 to play for the Queensland Reds, scoring five tries throughout the shortened season.

Australian rules football

On 28 August 2020, Brisbane signed Hodder for the 2021 AFL Women's season as an other-sport rookie.^[6] She made her debut that season in round 1 against Richmond, kicking a goal with her first kick.^[7]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season.^[8]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
2021	Brisbane	21	11	9	8	55	30	85	7	59	0.8	0.7	5.0	2.7	7.7	0.6	5.4	0
Career			11	9	8	55	30	85	7	59	0.8	0.7	5.0	2.7	7.7	0.6	5.4	0

Honours and achievements

Individual

AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2021

Goal of the Year Winner 2021

References

^ Indigenous round celebrated, minute’s silence scrapped, young draftees step up: Five AFLW talking points from round three by Marnie Vinall for the Age 12 September 12 2022
^ WA bred code-hopper Courtney Hodder goes from Peel Thunder, Western Force to AFLW grand final with Brisbane by Eliza Reilly for The West Australian 26 November 2022
^ [AFLW: Ex-rugby star Courtney Hodder named in Brisbane side the Lions’ first game of the season] by Marco Monteverde for NCA Newswire 31 January 2021
^ Warren, Adrian (13 March 2018). "Western Force teenage sensation Courtney Hodder scores six tries in a match". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Teenage star Hodder in line to return to international stage with Australia A". Rugby Australia. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2020). "AFLW: Rugby star Courtney Hodder signs two-year deal with Brisbane Lions". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ Mottershead, James (31 January 2021). "AFLW 2021: Brisbane extends Richmond's winless run in AFLW, Fremantle and North Melbourne notch wins". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ "Courtney Hodder". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

External links

Courtney Hodder's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Courtney Hodder at AustralianFootball.com

[1] Indigenous round celebrated, minute’s silence scrapped, young draftees step up: Five AFLW talking points from round three by Marnie Vinall for the Age 12 September 12 2022

[2] WA bred code-hopper Courtney Hodder goes from Peel Thunder, Western Force to AFLW grand final with Brisbane by Eliza Reilly for The West Australian 26 November 2022

[3] [AFLW: Ex-rugby star Courtney Hodder named in Brisbane side the Lions’ first game of the season] by Marco Monteverde for NCA Newswire 31 January 2021

[4] Warren, Adrian (13 March 2018). "Western Force teenage sensation Courtney Hodder scores six tries in a match". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[5] "Teenage star Hodder in line to return to international stage with Australia A". Rugby Australia. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[6] Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2020). "AFLW: Rugby star Courtney Hodder signs two-year deal with Brisbane Lions". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[7] Mottershead, James (31 January 2021). "AFLW 2021: Brisbane extends Richmond's winless run in AFLW, Fremantle and North Melbourne notch wins". Herald Sun. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[8] "Courtney Hodder". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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