Jonathan Schofield is the current general manager of

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club

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the c ...

. He is a former professional

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player and coach.

Background

He is the son of former

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and

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player

Garry Schofield Garry Edward Schofield OBE (born 1 July 1965) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and is a member of the British Rugby League Hall of Fame. At the time of his retirement he was the most ...

Playing career

Early career

Schofield spent time in the

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and

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academy systems.

Hunslet Hawks

Schofield joined League 1 outfit,

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for the 2009 season. He kicked 3 goals on his debut in a victory over

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. Despite a solid performance, Schofield did not retain his place in the side. He was allowed to leave the club in July 2009 without adding to his solitary appearance.

York City Knights

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announced the double signing of Schofield and future

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star

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in July 2009. Ironically, his first Knights appearance came against

who he had debuted against for

earlier that same season. He scored 2 tries and kicked 8 goals as the Knights romped to a 64–0 victory. After such an impressive debut it came as a surprise to many when he was not named in the squad for the next game. He did not feature again for the first team that campaign. He scored 7 tries in 6 appearances during the Knights' 2010 promotion-winning season. He was not included in the team for any of the play-off games and left the club at the end of the season.

Dewsbury Rams

Schofield signed for

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in 2012. He played for the club for three seasons before taking up a role on the coaching staff.

Post-Playing Career

Dewsbury Rams

Schofield took up a position as player-coach of the

reserves ahead of the 2015 season. He enjoyed early success in the role, leading the team to the 2015 Reserves Championship in his first season in charge. In 2017, Schofield was appointed interim head coach along with

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following the sacking of Glenn Morrison. Schofield's time in charge proved to be short-lived: The Rams appointed Neil Kelly as their new head coach less than a month later. Kelly quickly deemed Schofield to be surplus to requirements and fired him in order to bring in his own backroom staff.

Hunslet Warriors

In February 2019 Schofield was named head coach of

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division 3 outfit Hunslet Warriors. The Warriors finished 2nd earning promotion to National conference division 2 in Schofield's first season in charge.

Wakefield Trinity

Schofield was named permanent general manager of

side

in November 2019.

References

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