Leighton Hodges
Leighton Hodges (born 25 November 1975) is a Welsh rugby referee who mainly referees club rugby in such tournaments as the Pro14. He has refereed rugby sevens matches, making his debut in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series at London and Edinburgh.
| Birth name | Leighton Hodges | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 November 1975 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Church Village, Wales | ||||||||||
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Hodges refereed 4 matches at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy -- Italy v New Zealand, England v Scotland, Argentina v Italy, and the third place game Australia v France
He refereed his international rugby union debut in the 2012 end of year tests. There he refereed three matches, including United States v Russia on 9 November 2012 in a match that was part of the newly formed 2012 International Rugby Series, Ireland Wolfhounds v Fiji on 17 November 2012, and United States v. Romania.[1]
He also refereed the Italy vs Fiji in 2013 where he dished out 6 yellow cards, 5 to Fiji and 1 to Italy setting a new world record in number of yellow cards shown to a team during a game.[2]
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Assessed 10 October 2012
- "Fiji Rugby: Fiji launch complaint after being reduced to 11 men - Live Rugby News - ESPN Scrum". Retrieved 22 November 2013.