Paul March (born 25 July 1979) is an English former professional rugby league player. He is the current head coach of

Dewsbury Rams The Dewsbury Rams are a professional rugby league club based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England that compete in RFL League 1, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. History 1875–1887: Dewsbury Athl ...

in Betfred League 1. He played at club level for

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...

(two spells),

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

, York City Knights, Hunslet hawks and Keighley Cougars as a or , and coached at club level for York City Knights, Hunslet, Keighley Cougars and the Thornhill Trojans ARLFC. in 2021 March became head coach of Shaw Cross Sharks achieving back to back promotions into the National Conference League division 1. In March 2024 he became assistant coach of

under then head coach Dale Ferguson. After Ferguson stepped down, after a poor start to the 2024 Championship season, March then became head coach. Winning only two games all season, Dewsbury were relegated to League One.

Background

March was born in

Thornhill, West Yorkshire Thornhill is a village on the southern outskirts of Dewsbury in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Thornhill was absorbed into County Borough of Dewsbury, Dewsbury County Borough in 1910. The v ...

, England.

Career

March played much of the 2006's Super League XI at for the

, as the

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

Chris Thorman was out injured with an arm injury. In 2006's Super League XI during the

versus the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

match, Paul sustained a cruciate ligament knee injuryand was ruled out for the rest of the season. He was released from his contract at Huddersfield without playing another game, and later signed for

for the 2007 season.

Coaching

Paul became

player-coach A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make chang ...

for York in 2008, leaving Wakefield Trinity after just one season, and in July 2009 he joined Championship 1 club Hunslet as

. He later moved to Keighley, again as

, leaving the club at the end of the 2016 season.

Featherstone Rovers

Paul became

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Featherstone ...

Reserves Head Coach and Assistant First Coach working under new Rovers Boss Ryan Carr in 2019.

Dewsbury Rams

On 1 May 2024 it was reported that he would step up from assistant at

to take over as interim head-coach following Dale Ferguson stepping down from that role after a disappointing start to the 2024 season

Genealogical information

Paul March is the

twin Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of Twin Last Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two ...

brother of the rugby league footballer; David March.

References

External links

*(archived by web.archive.org
Paul March Wildcats Profile
*(archived by web.archive.org

{{DEFAULTSORT:March, Paul 1979 births Living people Castleford Tigers players Dewsbury Rams coaches English rugby league coaches English rugby league players English twins Huddersfield Giants players Hunslet R.L.F.C. coaches Hunslet R.L.F.C. players Keighley Cougars coaches Keighley Cougars players People from Thornhill, West Yorkshire Rugby league players from Dewsbury Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league hookers Rugby league locks Sportspeople from Kirklees Wakefield Trinity players York Knights coaches York Knights players 21st-century English sportsmen