Jehoida Hodges

Jehoida Hodges

Hodges in Newport jersey
Birth name	Joseph Jehoida Hodges
Date of birth	(1876-07-15)15 July 1876
Place of birth	Risca,[1] Monmouthshire, Wales
Date of death	13 September 1930(1930-09-13) (aged 54)
Place of death	Waunlwyd, Wales
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Weight	13 st 0 lb (83 kg)
Occupation(s)	miner publican
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) London Welsh () 1897/1909 Newport RFC[3] 252 (90) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1899-1906 Wales 23 (18)

Joseph Jehoida Hodges^[4] (15 July 1876 – 13 September 1930) was a Welsh international rugby union player.^[3] He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous Match of the Century. He played club rugby for London Welsh and Newport RFC.

Hodges, along with fellow Welsh internationals George Boots, and later George Travers is recognised with adopting forward formation play in scrums and line outs. Although forwards were responsible for these areas of play, there was little defined tactics or specialisation before the early twentieth century. Hodges helped bring tactical formations and therefore a level of specialisation to forward play.^[2] He was described as a hard working and an excellent all-round player who could fill in at most positions,^[5] even on the wing.^[6]