Leighton Hodges

Who is Leighton Hodges?

Leighton Hodges is a Welsh rugby referee who mainly referees club rugby in such tournaments as the Pro 12. He has refereed rugby sevens matches, making his debut in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series at London and Edinburgh.

Hodges referred 4 matches at the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy -- Italy v New Zealand, England v Scotland, Argentina v Italy, and the third place game Australia v France

He refereed his international rugby union debut in the 2012 end of year tests. There he refereed three matches, including United States v Russia on 9 November 2012 in a match that was part of the newly formed 2012 International Rugby Series, Ireland Wolfhounds v Fiji on 17 November 2012, and United States v. Romania.

He also refereed the Italy vs Fiji in 2013 where he dished out 6 yellow cards, 5 to Fiji and 1 to Italy setting a new world record in number of yellow cards shown to a team during a game to 5 so, in his four games to date as referee, he has dished out 2 reds and 12 yellow cards. Fiji Rugby Union lodged a complaint regarding this to the IRB.