Trent Hodkinson

Trent Hodkinson (born 31 August 1988) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback in the NRL.

He played for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in two separate spells, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newcastle Knights and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League.

He played his junior rugby league for the Cabramatta Two Blues while attending Westfields Sports High School.

[10] On 12 September 2009, he played in the Sea Eagles' 2009 Queensland Cup Grand Final win over the Northern Pride RLFC.

[19][20] In round 15 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Brookvale Oval, he kicked two field goals to win the match for the Sea Eagles 26–25.

[25] In round 20 against the Parramatta Eels at ANZ Stadium, he repeated his feat of the previous year and kicked two field goals in the Canterbury's golden point extra time 8–7 win.

Hodkinsion was subsequently selected to make his State of Origin debut for New South Wales in Game I of the 2014 series.

Hodkinson and fellow Bulldogs player Josh Reynolds replaced the incumbent halves pairing of Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney for the 2014 series and led NSW to a 12–8 victory in Game 1 at Suncorp Stadium.

During the Bulldogs vs Melbourne Storm Elimination Final round, Hodkinson kicked four goals and scored a try to assist his team to a 28–4 win.

[34] In the Semi-Final the Bulldogs played a close game with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with Hodkinson kicking two field goals to win for Canterbury's 18–17.

In round 3 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Hodkinson played his 100th NRL match in Canterbury's 16–12 win at Brookvale Oval.

[40][41] Hodkinson played at halfback and was the main goal kicker in all three matches for the New South Wales Blues in the 2015 State of Origin series loss.

Hodkinson also spoke of his displeasure towards former Newcastle head coach Nathan Brown saying "I started the year all right, and I think it might have been early in the season I got brought into the coach’s office and he said to me: 'I want you to go back to NSW Cup and work on your confidence, "I was like: 'Oh, OK' … I think he felt the pressure and had to make a big call, Unfortunately for me, I took the fall for where we were at the time".

[56] On 5 February 2018, Hodkinson was released from his final year of his contract with the Newcastle Knights to sign on a one-year deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks as a back-up half.

[61] On 5 September, Hodkinson announced his retirement from rugby league after succumbing to career-ending knee injuries.