Courtney Hodder

Courtney Hodder
Hodder warming up before the 2022 (S7) AFL Women's Grand Final
Born
Courtney Mariah Rose Hodder

(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 26)
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Original team Queensland Reds (Super W)
Draft Rookie signing, 2020
Debut Round 1, 2021, Brisbane vs. Richmond, at Punt Road Oval
Position Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Brisbane
Number 21
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021– Brisbane 77 (52)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com
Rugby union career
Position Full-back
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018 Force 4 (35)
2020 Reds 4 (25)
Total 8 (60)
Correct as of the end of the 2020 season
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019 Australia A 2 (0)
Correct as of the end of 2019

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

Hodder is a Noongar–Yamatji woman. She grew up in suburban Perth and played junior football with Peel Thunder, earning selection in three under-18 All-Australian teams.

Rugby union

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, 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, 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

On 28 August 2020, Brisbane signed Hodder for the 2021 AFL Women's season as an other-sport rookie. She made her debut in round 1 against Richmond, kicking a goal with her first kick in the competition. 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. She later won the AFLW Mark of the Year in 2023 with a Riewoldt-like mark running back with the flight of the ball against Adelaide.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2021 Brisbane 2111985530857590.80.75.02.77.70.65.40
2022 (S6) Brisbane 21119563431068500.80.55.73.99.60.74.50
2022 (S7) Brisbane 211388744411815570.60.65.73.49.11.24.40
2023 Brisbane 21136107150121131080.50.85.53.89.31.08.30
2024 Brisbane 211148556612110730.40.75.06.011.00.96.60
2025 Brisbane 21181613148130278341120.90.78.27.215.41.96.20
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

Team

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ Welsh, Sophie (23 November 2024). "AFLW Pocket Profile: Courtney Hodder". AFL Women's. Melbourne. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Warren, Adrian (13 March 2018). "Western Force teenage sensation Courtney Hodder scores six tries in a match". The West Australian. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Teenage star Hodder in line to return to international stage with Australia A". Rugby Australia. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (28 August 2020). "AFLW: Rugby star Courtney Hodder signs two-year deal with Brisbane Lions". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Grand Final livewires sweep Goal of the Year, Mark of the Year awards". afl.com.au/aflw. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Goal of the Year - AFLW.com.au". afl.com.au/aflw. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  11. ↑ AFL Women's (27 November 2023). Mark of the Year: Courtney Hodder. Retrieved 23 July 2026 – via YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Courtney Hodder". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 14 April 2026.