Paul Handforth
Paul Handforth (born 6 October 1981), also known by the nickname of "Tiger", is a professional rugby league footballer who most recently played for Keighley in the Championship 1.
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| Full name | Paul Handforth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1981 Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 1 lb (83 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Stand-off | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Paul Handforth was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, he is the son of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 755), Hunslet (Heritage No. 1193) and Oldham (Heritage No. 850); Tony "Tiger" Handforth.
Playing career
Handforth's position of choice is at stand-off, but he can also operate at scrum-half and as a hooker.
He has previously played for Halifax, the Batley Bulldogs, Doncaster, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 822) in the Super League. He started playing rugby with the Methley Monarchs ARLFC as a schoolboy and also played for the Oulton Raiders.
Handforth is an Ireland international.[3]
He was named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[4]
After leaving Keighley and retiring from the professional game, Handforth joined amateur team Fryston Warriors, and played for them against Keighley in the 2017 Challenge Cup third round tie between the two clubs.[5]
References
- LRL
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- "Ireland 58-18 Russia". BBC. 20 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- "Tiger knows taming Cougars will be tough". Telegraph and Argus. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.