Paul Handforth

Paul Handforth
Personal information
Full name Paul Handforth
Nickname Tiga
Born (1981-10-06) 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
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 50 25 16 3 137
2009 Doncaster 9 4 7 1 29
2009–11 Batley Bulldogs 65 17 96 1 260
2012–13 Halifax 60 12 20 1 89
2014– Keighley Cougars 55 21 54 2 194
Total 323 92 206 8 787
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–11 Ireland 8 0 0 0 0
Source: LRL

Paul Handforth is the son of Tony Handforth. He was born on 6 October 1981 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England is a rugby league player for Keighley in the Championship 1.

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 Halifax, Batley, Doncaster, Wakefield Trinity and Castleford 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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