Paul Dodge
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band member.
Paul William Dodge (born 26 May 1958 in Leicester, England) is a former English
England
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rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
international footballer who gained 32 caps
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for his country between 1978 and 1985. His Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...
career earned him 436 appearances.
Dodge joined Tigers as a youth player and as a 17-year old, made his first team debut in the annual Christmas fixture against the Barbarians
Barbarian F.C.
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. His debut came 2 years later. With Clive Woodward
Clive Woodward
Sir Clive Ronald Woodward OBE is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He is currently the British Olympic Association's Director of Elite Performance.-Early life:Woodward was born in Ely...
he formed a centre partnership that played for Tigers, England and the British Lions
British and Irish Lions
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tour to South Africa in 1980
1980 British Lions tour to South Africa
In 1980 the British Lions rugby union team toured South Africa . The tour was not a success in terms of international results, the Lions losing the first three tests before salvaging some pride with a win in the fourth...
. 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 son Ollie 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.