Ash Handley

Ashley Handley (born 16 February 1996) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League.

Ash Handley
Personal information
Full nameAshley Handley
Born (1996-02-16) 16 February 1996
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
Weight14 st 11 lb (94 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014– Leeds Rhinos 124 78 0 0 312
2016(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 3 2 0 0 8
2017(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 7 4 0 0 16
2018(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 1 0 0 0 0
Total 135 84 0 0 336
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018– England Knights 1 0 0 0 0
2019– England 9s 3 2 0 0 10
As of 1 January 2021
Source: [1][2]

He has spent time on loan from Leeds at Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.

Background

Handley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

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.[3] 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.[4]

For the 2015 Super League season, Handley was called in the first team squad and scored two tries on his Super League home début as Leeds defeated Wigan Warriors on 20 March 2015.[5]

Assigned squad number 27, Handley established himself as a first team regular and scored a first-half hat trick against St. Helens in April 2015[6] 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. From the 2019 season, Handley wore the number 5 Jersey replacing Ryan Hall.

On 17 October 2020, he scored two tries for Leeds in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final victory over Salford at Wembley Stadium.[7]

International career

In July 2018 he was selected in the England Knights Performance squad.[8] Later that year he was selected for the England Knights on their tour of Papua New Guinea. He played against Papua New Guinea at the Oil Search National Football Stadium.[9]

He was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. "London Broncos 40 Leeds Rhinos 36: Cup finalists suffer embarrassing defeat". Yorkshire Evening Post. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. "Leeds Rhinos 50 Wakefield Trinity 28: Early Trinity promise fades as Handley shines for Rhinos". Yorkshire Post. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. "Adam Cuthbertson drives Leeds Rhinos to victory over injury-hit Wigan". The Guardian. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. "Super League: St Helens 16-41 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. "Ten new additions in England Knights squad". loverugbyleague. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  9. "Papua New Guinea vs England Knights". WWOS. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  10. "Sam Tomkins eager to lift inaugural World 9s title with England Down Under". Mirror. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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