 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - akaberekwa 11 June 1979 muWhitehaven, England, Hanley akasaina neSale Sharks muna 1998. Nemutambo weGrand Slam pamakadhi, Hanley aive mumwe wevatambi vaviri veSale kuti vaite mutambo wavo wepasi rose mumutambo wekupedzisira weEngland we1999 Five Nationsmushandirapamwe pamwe chete naBarrie-Jon Mather. Kunyange zvazvo Hanley akarova muedzo, akaiswawo naCraig Quinnell uye akatambura ruoko rwakaputsika sezvo Wales yakakunda 32-31. Wakanga uri mutambo bedzi uyo Hanley aizotamba nokuda kwechikwata chikuru cheEngland. Hazvina kumbobvira zvatsanangurwa kwaari kuti nei asina kusarudzwazve, kunyange zvazvo paiva nokufungidzira kuti kudzivirira kwake kwaifanira kuvandudzwa. Muna 2001, akadzidzira ne rugby league side St. Helens kuti avandudze kudzivirira kwake. Achifunga muna 2005 pamusoro pekuti sei aisakwanisa kupinda muchikwata cheEngland mushure ma1999, Hanley akati Vakanga vaine divi rakagadziriswa pasi paClive Woodward uye kana uchinge uri mukati, zvaive zvakaoma kubuda sezvo timu yaikunda nguva dzese. 