JUSTIN Hodges will make his long-awaited return to the field for the NRMA Insurance Broncos against Parramatta at Suncorp Stadium this Friday night.

Hodges will be named in the team to play the Eels that will be announced on www.broncos.com.au this afternoon.

The international centre will make this announcement to assembled media this afternoon.

Hodges has not played since rupturing his Achilles tendon in a match against the Dragons last August.

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