Gary Thornton
Personal information
Full nameGary Thornton
Born (1963-03-09) 9 March 1963
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–90 Wakefield Trinity 18 3 0 0 12
1988(loan) → Batley 0 0
1990–02 Batley 215 79 0 0 316
Total 233 82 0 0 328
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2003–09 Batley Bulldogs 0 0 0 0
2012–14 York City Knights 0 0 0 0
2015–17 Doncaster RLFC 0 0 0 0
2018–21 Hunslet RLFC 0 0 0 0
2023– Rochdale Hornets 18 6 0 12 33
Total 18 6 0 12 33
As of 11 October 2023

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[1] 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.[2]

Gary was Head Coach at York between 2012 and 2014, and Doncaster R.L.F.C. from June 2015 to May 2017.[3]

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

  1. ↑ "Thornton joins Castleford staff". BBC Sport. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Thornton accepts Wakefield post". BBC Sport. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Thornton Moves On". Doncaster Rugby League. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.


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