Bright Sodje

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.

Bright Sodje
Personal information
Full nameBright Sodje
Born (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966
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  ? 37 0 0 148
1994 Wakefield Trinity 0 4 0 0 16
1994–99 Sheffield Eagles 44 83 0 0 332
2000–01 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 4 0 0 16
2001 Hull Kingston Rovers 1 1 0 0 4
Total 129 0 0 516
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Wakefield RFC 0 0 0 0 0
As of 22 May 2021

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.

Financial Crisis At Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

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]

Personal life

In September 2017, Bright was sentenced to 21 months in prison for fraud, having - with his brothers Efe and Stephen - siphoned off money from a charity, the Sodje Sports Foundation.[2]

References
  1. "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC Sport. 24 April 2001. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  2. "Efe, Bright and Stephen Sodje jailed for fraud last September, court reveals". Sky News. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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