[2] The following year he was in the King's School's successful first VIII of 2001 – along with other future Australian representatives Matt Ryan and Sam Loch – which won at the AAGPS Head of the River.

Domestically while racing for his state, New South Wales, Hudson has won the Noel F Wilkinson Cup for Youth Eights in 2003, stroking the crew to a win by almost five seconds.

Hudson was in a quad scull with Eugene Arendsen, Henry Gundry and Tom Westgarth which won a gold medal.

[10] At the 2004 World Rowing U23 Championships Hudson was again a member of the Australian Quad Scull, this time winning the bronze medal.

[11] Five years later, Hudson made his debut in the Australian senior team, winning a silver medal at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland.