- Paul Dodge
:"See
Paul Dodge (musician) for theMinuit band member."Paul William Dodge (born
26 May 1958 inLeicester ) is a former Englishrugby union international footballer who gained 32 caps for his country between 1978 and 1985. HisLeicester Tigers career earned him 436 appearances.Paul joined Tigers as a youth player and as a 17-year old, made his first team debut. His Nrut|England debut came 2 years later. With
Clive Woodward he formed a centre partnership that played for Tigers, England and theBritish Lions tour toSouth Africa in 1980. In 1985 he captained England 8 times and captained Tigers in the '87/88 season. After retiring he became Leicester backs coach between '93 and '96 before becoming an academy coach in '98.His elder son
Alex Dodge plays at outside centre and after much success in the Tigers Development XV, was promoted to the Leicester first team squad for the 2005/6 Guinness Premiership season, making 2 appearances from the bench. He is now a regular first team player for Nottingham RFC in National League One. His younger sonOllie Dodge has had a little more success than his older sibling, representing Midlands U16's, North of England U16's and England U19's. Ollie was promoted from the Tigers Development XV to the Leicester first team in the 2007/2008 season, after helping England U19's to a deserved third place in the 2006 World Championships in Dubai.External links
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1580 Sporting Heroes]
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