Gary Thornton
English RL coach & former professional rugby league footballer
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Thornton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-03-09) 9 March 1963 (age 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of 17 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gary Thornton is an English rugby league coach, and currently head coach of Rochdale Hornets. He has previously coached at Hunslet RLFC and Castleford Tigers[3] U20s academy side from 2009 to 2012.
in September 2022, he was announced as head-coach of Rochdale Hornets.
Playing career
As a player, he spent 4 seasons at Wakefield Trinity before joining Batley in 1990, after initially having a loan spell at 'The Mount' in the 1988–89 season. He went on to make 215 appearances for the club scoring 79 tries.
Coaching career
Gary spent five and a half years as head coach at Batley from October 2003-April 2009(the longest serving Championship coach at the time), and also spent time as U21s coach at Wakefield Trinity.[4]
Gary was Head Coach at York between 2012 and 2014, and Doncaster R.L.F.C. from June 2015 to May 2017.[5]
Has won the coach of the year award in respective Championship divisions:
- 2006 – National League 1 (Now the Championship) Coach of the Year – Batley
- 2014 – Championship 1 Coach of the Year – York
References
- ^ "Player Summary: Gary Thornton". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Gary Thornton - Coaching Career". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Thornton joins Castleford staff". BBC Sport. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Thornton accepts Wakefield post". BBC Sport. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
- ^ "Thornton Moves On". Doncaster Rugby League. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
External links
- Hunslet profile
- v
- t
- e
Rochdale Hornets – 2024 current squad
- 1 McNally
- 2 Nixon
- 3 Harrop
- 4 Hartley
- 5 Brierley
- 6 Ridyard
- 7 Else
- 8 Baker
- 9 Roden
- 10 Nelmes
- 11 Forster
- 12 Straugheir (c)
- 13 Boardman
- 14 Wilkinson
- 16 Andrade
- 17 Killan
- 18 Meadows
- 19 Radcliffe
- 20 Brannan
- 21 Forber
- 22 Huish
- 23 Hughes
- 24 Dayes
- 25 Rudd
- 26 Flanagan
- 27 Coope-Franklin
- 28 Brennan
- 30 Openshaw
- Coach: Thornton
