Rookie Draft selection No. 52
Height: 196cm
Weight: 105kg
DOB: 24/2/79
Recruited From: Mt Gravatt (QLD)/Werribee/Adelaide/W'Bulldogs/Brisbane
Debut: Round 3, 2004 v Fremantle at Subiaco Oval
Games: 161 (55 Adelaide, 88 Western Bulldogs, 18 Brisbane)
Goals: 18 (6 Adelaide, 9 Western Bulldogs, 1 Brisbane)
Watch Hudson's 2012 season highlights on CTV in the video above.
About: Collingwood will be the much-travelled Hudson’s fourth AFL home, where he will serve as both a ruckman and a ruck coach. He played 55 matches for Adelaide, 88 for the Western Bulldogs and 18 this year for the Lions.
After finishing up with the Dogs at the end of the 2011 season, Hudson retired to move back to his home state of Queensland only to be tempted back into the league by the offer of a role supporting the Lions’ young ruckmen. With Matthew Leuenberger being injured for much of the campaign, Hudson played a frontline role for Michael Voss’ side and was among the leading ruckmen in the competition.
With that caretaking role complete, though, Hudson and the Lions parted company shortly after the season finished, with his career seemingly over after 161 matches played across eight seasons.
Derek Hine says: We’re looking to put him on as a ruck coach and a mentor for our younger ruckmen in Jarrod Witts and Brodie Grundy in particular, but also with a view to looking at Corey Gault and also Michael Hartley and Ben Richmond because we see Ben potentially being able to play that type of role.
Career Highs
Disposals: 24
Marks: 9
Goals: 2
Hitouts: 39
Tackles: 7
