Courtney Hodder
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| Born | Courtney Mariah Rose Hodder[1] 8 July 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Courtney Mariah Rose 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, finishing as the competition's top try-scorer in 2018.
Early life
[edit]Hodder is a Noongar–Yamatji woman.[2] She grew up in suburban Perth and played junior football with Peel Thunder,[3] earning selection in three under-18 All-Australian teams.[4]
Rugby union
[edit]Hodder played for the Western Force in the inaugural season of the Super W in 2018. She scored six tries in the Force's round 1 match against the Melbourne Rebels,[5] and finished the season as the competition's top try-scorer.
She missed the 2019 Super W season due to a broken leg. Following her recovery, she was selected late in the year to represent Australia A in the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship,[6] making two appearances.
She returned to Super W in 2020 to play for the Queensland Reds, scoring five tries across the shortened season.
Australian rules football
[edit]On 28 August 2020, Brisbane signed Hodder for the 2021 AFL Women's season as an other-sport rookie.[7] She made her debut in round 1 against Richmond, kicking a goal with her first kick in the competition.[8] She is a two-time premiership player, having been part of Brisbane's grand final victories in 2021 and 2023.
She won the AFLW Goal of the Year in 2021.[9][10] She later won the AFLW Mark of the Year in 2023 with a courageous, Riewoldt-like mark running back with the flight of the ball against Adelaide.[11]
Statistics
[edit]- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2025 season.[12]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 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 |
| 2022 (S6) | Brisbane | 21 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 63 | 43 | 106 | 8 | 50 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 9.6 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2022 (S7) | Brisbane | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 74 | 44 | 118 | 15 | 57 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2023 | Brisbane | 21 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 50 | 121 | 13 | 108 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Brisbane | 21 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 66 | 121 | 10 | 73 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2025 | Brisbane | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 148 | 130 | 278 | 34 | 112 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 15.4 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Career | 77 | 52 | 52 | 466 | 363 | 829 | 87 | 459 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
- 2× AFLW premiership player: 2021, 2023
- AFLW minor premiership: 2022 (S7)
- McClelland Trophy / Club Championship: 2025
Individual
- AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2021
- AFLW Goal of the Year: 2021
- AFLW Mark of the Year: 2023
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Welsh, Sophie (23 November 2024). "AFLW Pocket Profile: Courtney Hodder". AFL Women's. Melbourne. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ Vinall, Marnie (12 September 2022). "Indigenous round celebrated, minute's silence scrapped, young draftees step up: Five AFLW talking points from round three". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ Reilly, Eliza (26 November 2022). "WA bred code-hopper Courtney Hodder goes from Peel Thunder, Western Force to AFLW grand final with Brisbane". The West Australian. Perth. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ Monteverde, Marco (31 January 2021). "AFLW: Ex-rugby star Courtney Hodder named in Brisbane side for the Lions' first game of the season". NCA NewsWire. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Grand Final livewires sweep Goal of the Year, Mark of the Year awards". afl.com.au/aflw. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Goal of the Year - AFLW.com.au". afl.com.au/aflw. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ AFL Women's (27 November 2023). Mark of the Year: Courtney Hodder. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Courtney Hodder". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
External links
[edit]- Courtney Hodder's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
- Courtney Hodder at AustralianFootball.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian female rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Indigenous Australian rugby union players
- 21st-century Indigenous Australian people
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Noongar people
- AFL Women's premiership players
- All-Australians (AFL Women's)