Leighton Hodges

Leighton Hodges

Birth name	Leighton Hodges
Date of birth	(1975-11-25) 25 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Church Village, Wales
Rugby union career
Refereeing career Years Competition Apps 2010–present Pro12 2011 2011 IRB Junior World Championship 2012– Test Matches

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.

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

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012. Assessed 10 October 2012
2. "Fiji Rugby: Fiji launch complaint after being reduced to 11 men – Live Rugby News – ESPN Scrum". Retrieved 22 November 2013.