Paul Handforth

Paul Handforth
Personal information
Full name Paul Handforth
Nickname Tiga
Born 6 October 1981
Wakefield, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 13 st 1 lb (83 kg)
Playing information
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–04 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 66 11 12 0 68
2006 Castleford Tigers 18 2 1 0 10
2007–08 Featherstone Rovers
2009 Doncaster
2010–11 Batley Bulldogs
2012–13 Halifax
2014– Keighley Cougars
Total 84 13 13 0 78
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–11 Ireland 8 0 0 0 0
Source: RLP

Paul Handforth Son of Tony Handforth was born on 6 October 1981 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England is a rugby league player for Halifax RLFC in The Championship.

Paul Handforth's position of choice is at Stand-off/Five-eighth, but he can also operate at Scrum-half/Halfback and as a Hooker. And he is regarded as one of the best Half Backs below the Super League.

He has previously played for Batley Bulldogs, Doncaster RLFC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Castleford Tigers in the European Super League. He started playing rugby with Methley Monarchs as a schoolboy and also played for Oulton Raiders.

Paul Handforth is an Ireland international.[1]

He was named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2]

Handforth became coach of his home village team, Methley Royals, in the build-up to the 2010/11 season.

He steered them to the Pennine League Division Three championship, and to the final of the Pennine League's Andrew Bennett Memorial Trophy, in which the Royals lost honourably to Division Two title-holders Thornhill Trojans, 34-30.

He is in charge of the team for the 2012/13 campaign, in which the side will operate in Division One.

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland 58-18 Russia". BBC. 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-02.

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