title: Paul Hodder
text: # Paul Hodder
  
  Paul Sidney Hodder (born 13 April 1965) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer, and is now a rugby union coach.
  
  ## Rugby union
  
  Hodder was born in Hamilton, New Zealand. He played under-age rugby union for Waikato and New Zealand, and played 10 senior matches for Waikato in 1985. He spent the 1990s in the north-east of England as a professional, playing for and coaching Middlesbrough and West Hartlepool.
  
  Hodder returned to New Zealand in 2001, working as a rugby development officer and high performance manager with Waikato Rugby. He then spent four years in Japan as coach of the Kamaishi Seawaves. When the city of Kamaishi suffered extensive damage in the 2011 tsunami, the rugby ground became a relief hub, and Hodder and his team took a prominent part working voluntarily in local relief operations.
  
  Since 2015 Hodder has worked as rugby and cricket coach at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, New Zealand. One of the boys he coached there is Samisoni Taukei'aho, who is now an international player. In 2021 Hodder was appointed the school's Director of Rugby. He is also Head Coach of the Waikato Chiefs under-20 development team and is a coaching developer at the University of Waikato.
  
  ## Cricket
  
  An all-rounder, Hodder played under-19 cricket for Northern Districts from 1981 to 1983. He played in four List A cricket matches for Northern Districts in 1986–87.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Hodder and his wife Krista have five children.
  
  