As a 19-year-old he was given the choice of touring Zimbabwe and South Africa with Scotland's National Cricket team, or playing under-21 national rugby and completing his university exams.. The latter was the only realistic choice for somebody who has already decided that he wanted to focus on a full-time career in sport.[3]
He played for Watsonians until the creation of the Scottish Pro sides when he was contracted to play for Edinburgh Rugby.
He played for Edinburgh Gunners twice sandwiched around a two-year spell with Leeds Tykes. His second season in Leeds was ruined by injury.[4][5] where he only managed one league appearance that year.
International honoursedit
Hodge won his first full cap as a replacement for Craig Chalmers against France in Paris in 1997, having already booked a place in Scottish rugby lore when his drop goal in the dying seconds secured Scotland A's victory over the 1994 Springboks. He has made 13 appearances for Scotland A, captaining them to their 40–35 win over Argentina in November 2001.
Hodge in total won 26 caps playing at fly-half for the Scottish rugby union side between 1997 and 2002. As well as his games in Europe he played for Scotland in tours in Australia (1998), New Zealand (2000), and North America (2002). It was on the North American tour when he played in his last full internationals against Canada in Vancouver and USA in San Francisco. He also made two appearances in the 1999 World Cup.[1] He scored 123 points for the national side from six tries, 15 conversions, 20 penalties and one drop goal.
His finest moment was when he converted his own try and kicked four penalties to score all the points for Scotland in the 2000 Calcutta Cup 19–13 win against England.[3] This was in the inaugural season of the Six Nations at Murrayfield, and the first victory for Scotland against England since 1990 prevented England from completing a 6 Nations Championship Grand Slam and Scotland from finishing bottom of the table.
duncan, hodge, born, august, 1974, scottish, former, internationalist, rugby, union, player, gained, full, caps, scotland, birth, nameduncan, william, hodgedate, birth, 1974, august, 1974, place, birthdumfries, scotlandheight6, weight14, schoolmerchiston, cast. Duncan Hodge born 18 August 1974 is a Scottish former internationalist rugby union player He gained 26 full caps for Scotland Duncan HodgeBirth nameDuncan William HodgeDate of birth 1974 08 18 18 August 1974 age 49 Place of birthDumfries ScotlandHeight6 ft 0 in 1 83 m Weight14 st 0 lb 89 kg SchoolMerchiston Castle SchoolRugby union careerPosition s Fly halfAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Watsonians Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2005 2007 2003 2005 1996 2003Edinburgh Leeds Tykes Edinburgh 18 115 Correct as of 2012 12 14International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1997 2002Scotland26 123 Correct as of 2012 12 14Coaching careerYearsTeam2012 20152015 20212021ScotlandEdinburghFiji Contents 1 Playing career 2 International honours 3 Coaching 4 References 5 External linksPlaying career editHodge was born in Dumfries Scotland 1 and educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh He went on to represent Durham as a student competing in the same team as Will Greenwood and Tim Stimpson 2 As a 19 year old he was given the choice of touring Zimbabwe and South Africa with Scotland s National Cricket team or playing under 21 national rugby and completing his university exams The latter was the only realistic choice for somebody who has already decided that he wanted to focus on a full time career in sport 3 He played for Watsonians until the creation of the Scottish Pro sides when he was contracted to play for Edinburgh Rugby He played for Edinburgh Gunners twice sandwiched around a two year spell with Leeds Tykes His second season in Leeds was ruined by injury 4 5 where he only managed one league appearance that year International honours editHodge won his first full cap as a replacement for Craig Chalmers against France in Paris in 1997 having already booked a place in Scottish rugby lore when his drop goal in the dying seconds secured Scotland A s victory over the 1994 Springboks He has made 13 appearances for Scotland A captaining them to their 40 35 win over Argentina in November 2001 Hodge in total won 26 caps playing at fly half for the Scottish rugby union side between 1997 and 2002 As well as his games in Europe he played for Scotland in tours in Australia 1998 New Zealand 2000 and North America 2002 It was on the North American tour when he played in his last full internationals against Canada in Vancouver and USA in San Francisco He also made two appearances in the 1999 World Cup 1 He scored 123 points for the national side from six tries 15 conversions 20 penalties and one drop goal His finest moment was when he converted his own try and kicked four penalties to score all the points for Scotland in the 2000 Calcutta Cup 19 13 win against England 3 This was in the inaugural season of the Six Nations at Murrayfield and the first victory for Scotland against England since 1990 prevented England from completing a 6 Nations Championship Grand Slam and Scotland from finishing bottom of the table Coaching editDuncan Hodge travelled to the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand as Scotland s kicking coach 6 and during the 2015 Rugby World Cup he acted as attack coach After the World Cup he joined Edinburgh Rugby References edit a b Duncan Hodge on Sporting Heroes Greenwood Will 2006 Step back in time raises fears for players of future The Telegraph London Retrieved 21 October 2018 a b Duncan Hodge on Cricket Scotland Tykes Hodge Heads Home Archived from the original on 27 September 2012 Retrieved 21 November 2010 Guinness Six Nations Rugby News Rugby World Cup 2011 Duncan Hodge blames wind not ball for misses as Paterson is set to return The Scotsman 21 Sep 2011External links editDuncan Hodge at ESPNscrum Duncan Hodge on Sporting Heroes Back to Cricket Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duncan Hodge amp oldid 1213908079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
