Alex Hale
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Sep 19, 2026
Barney ShynkarukHOST
Luke definitely wants to talk groin punching.
Barney ShynkarukHOST
Chris Melo, former Saskatchewan Rough Rider kicker, will come in at about 4.30 to talk kicking in the CFL, what he's seeing from the riders, Alex Hale and young Dawson Hodge.
Barney ShynkarukHOST
It'll be nice to catch up with Chris on that.
Barney ShynkarukHOST
We will do our Pats preview.
38 MINS LATER
Justin DunkGUEST
I think Ward is the easier one.
Justin DunkGUEST
I don't think Lidster makes much sense because of his lack of performance.
Justin DunkGUEST
His field goal percentage is right around Alex Hales, and you have a Canadian in there in Hodge already.
Justin DunkGUEST
So I don't think that makes sense.
Scott SchultzPANELIST
I think it was a 33, 36, 37, or 26, 27 yarder.
Scott SchultzPANELIST
And so, you know, for him to get in there and replace Alex Hale and be 100% on his work, that's positive for him.
Scott SchultzPANELIST
But, you know, hopefully we can see some range develop here and when we get into some of those needs in the 40s and 50s.
Barney ShynkarukHOST
You know, one thing I was curious to ask you, because we've had texts this week, I even think today too, is the no call on the offside again.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
The kicking game was good
Tegan WitkoHOST
Sitting Alex Hale, putting in Dawson Hodge.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
Yeah.
Tegan WitkoHOST
He was the only one who put points up on the board.
LockerHOST
If you're missing those, jeez.
LockerHOST
Uh, but Alex Hale wasn't really missing those field goals either.
LockerHOST
Uh, he was making those ones.
LockerHOST
So we'll have to wait against the BC Lions.
John HodgeHOST
thatThey never lose focus on him while they're trying to sort things out with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
John HodgeHOST
The Roughriders benched kicker Alex Hale for the Banjo Bowl, and Canadian Dawson Hodge made two of two field goals in his CFL debut.
John HodgeHOST
Who should the team go with moving forward?
Justin DunkHOST
Let me say this clearly.
Daryl DavisGUEST
He's a good quarterback, but he's put his head at risk a lot of times, and it looks like that's where he got it again.
Evan BrayHOST
I feel like we've spent a disproportionate amount of time talking about the kicking position again this year, but Alex Hale out.
Evan BrayHOST
They dressed Dawson Hodge.
Evan BrayHOST
Maybe a bright spot in the game.
Daryl DavisGUEST
A 33-yard field goal, a 27-yard field goal.
Daryl DavisGUEST
And he's probably got the confidence of the football team.
Daryl DavisGUEST
I think the players were really starting to lose faith in Alex Hale.
Daryl DavisGUEST
He was a 75% kicker.
Wes CatesPANELIST
I like it.
Justin DunkGUEST
Can we just double-click on the kicker flip, though? Because I think, to be fair to Alex Hale, I don't know if you guys know this or not.
Justin DunkGUEST
Maybe Rider Nation does already because they're so into it.
Justin DunkGUEST
Alex Hale's struggles were at Mosaic Stadium.
Justin DunkGUEST
Right.
Justin DunkGUEST
You look at his – let's just talk about field goals.
Wes CatesPANELIST
Yeah.
Justin DunkGUEST
On the road in 2026 so far, what do you think Alex Hale's percentage was in terms of field goal makes?
Tegan WitkoHOST
First of all, we talked a lot about the kicker.
Tegan WitkoHOST
Post-game last week, coming off that Labor Day Classic with Alex Hale maybe not having the performance that he wanted.
Tegan WitkoHOST
And now we see on the depth chart, Hale's out, Dawson Hodge is in.
Tegan WitkoHOST
Now, as a piece of that, I mean, Ottawa did release Habakkuk Baldonado.
54 MINS LATER
Tegan WitkoHOST
In the meantime, we've got to jump into Cates' corner for his analysis of this game.
Tegan WitkoHOST
And something that we touched on briefly off the top here, Wes, the change in the kicking game.
Tegan WitkoHOST
You and I are both on that call-in show post-game with Justin Dunk of Three Down Nation, and a common thread has been the kicking game and Alex Hale not being perfect.
Tegan WitkoHOST
Dawson Hodge now comes in this week.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
That means that we won't see what the new kickoff formation may look like.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
Again, if you missed it, Dawson Hodge, a 25-year-old rookie at a Laurier who was at training camp with the Riders back in 2025 and then came back this year when he was called in last month after Alex Hale battled some inconsistency.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
He will make his first career start here tonight.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
But...
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
Unlike Alex Hale, it doesn't appear he'll be kicking the ball off as it will probably be Oscar Chapman that takes on those responsibilities.
Luke MullinderPANELIST
I've got some great teammates out of Laurier.
Luke MullinderPANELIST
One guy in particular, Yannick Carter.
Tegan WitkoHOST
You said 1-10, can I say 0? I'm not surprised at all.
Tegan WitkoHOST
The amount of pushback that there has been, and again, all the credit in the world to Alex Hale for coming in here as a new kicker and doing everything that he can to try to get those through the uprights.
Tegan WitkoHOST
He has just struggled.
Tegan WitkoHOST
He has struggled, but he is still on the practice roster.
15 MINS LATER
Dawson HodgeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
you so much.
Dave ThomasCORRESPONDENT
Appreciate you.
Tegan WitkoHOST
Rider Nation, that was your introduction to Dawson Hodge, who is going to be starting as the kicker tonight in Winnipeg for this Labor Day Classic rematch, starting in place of Alex Hale.
Tegan WitkoHOST
Let's take a quick break.
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