Ash Handley
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashley Handley | |||||
| Born | 16 February 1996 Leeds, Yorkshire, England | |||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) [1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Winger | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2014– | Leeds Rhinos | 41 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2016(loan) | Featherstone Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 43 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 | |
| As of 2 December 2016 | ||||||
Ashley "Ash" Handley (born 16 February 1996) in Leeds, Yorkshire, England is an English rugby league player. Handley plays for Leeds Rhinos and primarily plays on the Wing although he also plays as a Centre.
Career
Handley played for amateur side Oulton Raiders before signing for Leeds Rhinos. He made his first team début against London Broncos in August 2014.[2] This was Handley's only first team appearance during the 2014 Super League season and his next first team appearance was in the 2014 Boxing Day friendly fixture against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats when he scored five tries as Leeds won 50-28.[3]
For the 2015 Super League season, Handley was called in the first team squad and scored two tries on his Super League home debut as Leeds defeated Wigan Warriors on 20 March 2015.[4]
Assigned squad number 27, Handley has established himself as a first team regular and scored a first-half hat trick against St Helens in April 2015[5]With the second hat-trick coming in July 2015 against the same club - St Helens. Handley has been awarded a place in the main squad in 2016 after his fantastic performance in this year's Rhinos treble winning season, he has been given the 22 jersey,
References
- 1 2 "Leeds Rhinos Ash Handley". Leeds Rhinos Official Site. Leeds Rhinos. 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "London Broncos 40 Leeds Rhinos 36: Cup finalists suffer embarrassing defeat". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Leeds Rhinos 50 Wakefield Trinity 28: Early Trinity promise fades as Handley shines for Rhinos". Yorkshire Post. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Adam Cuthbertson drives Leeds Rhinos to victory over injury-hit Wigan". The Guardian. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "Super League: St Helens 16-41 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.