Bright Sodje

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FullnameBright Sodje
Born (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966 (age 60)
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
PositionWing
Bright Sodje
Personal information
Full nameBright Sodje
Born (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966 (age 60)
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–94 Hull Kingston Rovers 81 36 0 0 144
1994 Wakefield Trinity 9 4 0 0 16
1994–99 Sheffield Eagles 108 55 0 0 220
2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 16 4 0 0 16
2001 Hull Kingston Rovers 12 3 0 0 12
2001 Sheffield Eagles 4 2 0 0 8
2004 Sheffield Eagles 10 3 0 0 12
Total 240 107 0 0 428
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Wakefield RFC
As of 22 May 2021
RelativesAkpo Sodje (brother)
Efe Sodje (brother)
Onome Sodje (nephew)
Sam Sodje (brother)
Tai Sodje (son)

Bright Ojamohare Sodje (born 21 April 1966) is a retired dual-code rugby player, who played for rugby league clubs; the Wakefield Trinity (Wildcats), Hull Kingston Rovers, and the Sheffield Eagles in England as well as rugby union for Wakefield RFC.

Sodje's brothers, Sam, Efe, Akpo, Steve, and his nephew, Onome, have all played professional football in England.

Bright was a winger with a reputation for scoring tries, and noted for his aeroplane style celebration.

In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson and Glen Tomlinson.[1]

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