1. Justin Hodges was born on 25 May 1982 and is an Australian professional boxer and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s.
52 Facts About Justin Hodges
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Justin Hodges was born in Cairns, Queensland on born 25 May 1982.
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Justin Hodges grew up there and played his junior rugby league for Cairns Kangaroos Juniors, as U11 Premiers in 1992, through to undefeated U16's in 1998, before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos.
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In round 14 of the 2000 NRL season, Justin Hodges made his debut in the National Rugby League for the Brisbane Broncos on the wing against the Canberra Raiders at Canberra Stadium.
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Justin Hodges finished his debut year in the NRL having played in 5 matches and scored 2 tries for the 2000 Brisbane Broncos season.
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Justin Hodges was promoted to the full-time NRL team for the 2001 Brisbane Broncos season, however only played in 12 matches and scored 4 tries for the club.
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Justin Hodges then signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Roosters.
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Justin Hodges signed with the Sydney Roosters for the 2002 NRL season.
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Justin Hodges played in 26 matches and scored 11 tries for the 2002 Sydney Roosters season.
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The game was played at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium and Justin Hodges considered legal action against the stadium for the poor state of the playing surface.
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Justin Hodges played in 11 matches and scored 8 tries for the Roosters in the 2003 NRL season.
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In early 2004, Justin Hodges broke up with his long-time girlfriend and was given two weeks sympathy leave from the Sydney Roosters.
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Justin Hodges caused further disruption to the Roosters when he missed a training session and club functions to spend time with his friends and family.
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In mid 2004, Justin Hodges went to Brisbane to talk to Broncos coach Wayne Bennett to seek a return to the Broncos.
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Justin Hodges played in 21 matches and scored 7 tries in his last year with the Sydney Roosters.
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Justin Hodges stated that he did not regret going to Sydney, but felt it was time to go home back to Brisbane.
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Justin Hodges played in 19 matches and scored 11 tries his return year with the Broncos in the 2005 NRL season.
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In 2006, Justin Hodges started the season playing in the centre position and continued to play there for the first 10 rounds of the competition.
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Justin Hodges played in 20 matches, scored 10 tries and kicked a goal for the Broncos in the 2006 NRL season.
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Justin Hodges scored an intercept try just before halftime, in the trial match.
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Justin Hodges played in all three games for Queensland in the 2007 State of Origin series.
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Justin Hodges finished the 2008 NRL season with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Broncos.
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On 7 October 2008, Justin Hodges was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.
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On 14 October 2008, Justin Hodges was ruled out of the World Cup after finding he needed shoulder surgery, facing up to six months recovery.
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TV broadcasts clearly showed Hodges 'egging' NSW players on to fight, following an incident between Steve Price and Brett White.
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Hodges later told reporters that he believed what Justin Poore did to be a "dog act".
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Justin Hodges finished the 2009 NRL season with him playing 18 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Broncos.
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Justin Hodges ruptured his Achilles tendon during pre-season training, and subsequently missed the entire 2010 NRL season.
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Justin Hodges missed being part of Queensland's victorious Origin campaign in which it won for the fifth year in succession.
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Justin Hodges was expected to return within the first few rounds of the 2011 season after playing successfully in two pre-season trials.
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On 11 May 2011, Justin Hodges extended his contract with the Broncos to the end of the 2014 season.
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Justin Hodges finished the 2011 NRL season with him playing 17 matches and scoring 8 tries for the Broncos.
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Justin Hodges finished the 2012 NRL season with him playing in 18 matches and scoring 5 tries for the Broncos.
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Justin Hodges spent most of the 2013 Season playing in the centres but spent some time playing a bit of Fullback for the club as well.
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Justin Hodges finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 14 matches and scoring 6 tries for the Broncos.
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Justin Hodges missed the first few weeks of the season, due to the injury he suffered in the 2013 season.
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On 22 April 2014, Justin Hodges signed a new 2-year deal extension with the Broncos keeping him at the club until at the end of the 2016 season.
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Justin Hodges played at centre in all 3 matches of the 2014 State of Origin series.
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Justin Hodges finished off the 2014 NRL season with him playing in 17 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Broncos.
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On 15 September 2014, Justin Hodges was selected for the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations train-on squad but later withdrew from injury.
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On 13 February 2015, Justin Hodges was selected at centre for the Indigenous All Stars in the 2015 Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars match at Robina Stadium.
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On 27 February 2015, Justin Hodges was named as the solo captain of the Broncos for the 2015 season by coach Wayne Bennett.
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On 25 April 2015, Justin Hodges announced that he would retire from representative duties at the conclusion of the year in order to focus solely on playing for the Broncos.
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In what was his final State of Origin series, Justin Hodges featured for Queensland in all three matches of the 2015 State of Origin series.
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On 10 August 2015, Justin Hodges announced that he would retire from Rugby League at the end of the season.
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Justin Hodges had a nervous wait in the lead up to the Broncos Grand Final against Queensland rivals the North Queensland Cowboys while waiting for a decision at the NRL Judiciary to see if he can complete his fairytale swansong with a possible Grand Final win.
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Justin Hodges finished his last season in the NRL with him playing in 20 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Brisbane Broncos in the 2015 NRL season.
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On 9 February 2019, Justin Hodges made his boxing debut against former furniture removalist Rob Baron who was making his boxing debut.
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Justin Hodges won the fight after just 75 seconds knocking out Baron.
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Justin Hodges won the fight within the first 20 seconds knocking out McMahon.
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Justin Hodges came under media and fan backlash after the fight due to Justin Hodges choice of opponent.
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Justin Hodges was knocked out by Lussick within the first 39 seconds of the fight.