 Dodge akatanga kutamba nekirabhu yake yemuno, Syston RFC, kubva kwaakafambira mberi kuenda kuTigers semutambi wechidiki uye semunhu ane makore gumi nemanomwe, akaita timu yake yekutanga mumutambo weKisimusi wegore negore uchipesana neBarbarians. Kutanga kwake kwakauya makore maviri gare gare. NaClive Woodward akaumba hukama hwepakati hwakatambira maTigers, England neBritish Lions rwendo rwekuSouth Africa muna 1980. Muna 1985 akatungamira England kasere uye akatungamira Tigers mumwaka wa198788. Mushure mekurega basa akazova murairidzi weLeicester backs pakati pa1993 na1996 asati ava murairidzi wechikoro muna 1998. 