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Henry Paul

Personal information
Full name	Henry Rangi Paul
Date of birth	February 10, 1974 (1974-02-10) (age 33)
Place of birth	Tokoroa, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 11 ins (1.81 m)
Weight	14 st 11 lbs (94 Kg)
Nickname(s)	HP Sauce
School(s) attended	Rutherford High
Relatives	Robbie Paul
Club information
Position(s)	Loose forward / Second row / Stand off
Current club	Harlequins RL
Number	23
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Ponsonby club Waitakere City Raiders Te Atatu Roosters
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1993 ‐ 96 1996 ‐ 98 1999 ‐ 01 2001 ‐ 06 2006 ‐ 07	Bath RU Wakefield Trinity Wigan Warriors Bradford Bulls Gloucester RU Harlequins RL	24 74 (216) 100 (960) 96 (678) 36 (133)
Representative teams
1995 ‐ 01 2002 ‐ 06	New Zealand England RU	23 6 (6)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Henry Paul, born 10th February, 1974 in Tokoroa, New Zealand, is a New Zealand rugby league player.

He plays for Harlequins RL in the European Super League.

Henry's position of choice is as a loose forward. He can also operate in the back row. He made his name as a dynamic stand off.

Henry Paul is a New Zealand international.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Move to England 3 Move to Rugby Union 4 England International 5 Harlequins RL 6 Man of Steel Awards Controversy 7 External links

Paul started playing rugby at the age of three with the Ponsonby club and later, during his time at Rutherford High (now Rutherford College), he played union during the week and league at the weekends for the Te Atatu Roosters.

Henry’s distinguished career in rugby league started at Wakefield Trinity before joining Wigan Warriors and eventually Bradford Bulls, whom he helped beat his former club Wigan in the Super League Grand Final in the autumn of 2001. Internationally he received 23 caps for New Zealand. When he was at Bradford he set a goalkicking record for consecutive goals (35), as well as for points in a season at the club.

He was tempted away from the Bradford Bulls to play rugby union for Gloucester, by Tom Walkinshaw and Philippe Saint-André. He had a dream debut, scoring 28 points against Caerphilly RFC. A prolific goal kicker and a gifted runner and distributor, Henry began a four year contract at Kingsholm in 2001 and won national squad selection after just one game for Gloucester. Having experimented with being a fullback, and fly-half he settled into the inside centre position and his long passing stood well with Glouscester's style of play. He had his best year with Gloucester in 2004 where he won the club’s season ticket holders’ player of the year award and was also nominated for the Zurich Premiership player of the year award alongside Bruce Reihana, Mark van Gisbergen, Mark Robinson and Simon Shaw.

With his switch to rugby union, he controversially decided to play for England (due to the fact he could only play for the New Zealand national side if he played in Super 12) rather than New Zealand. Although he was born in New Zealand, he qualified for England through his Liverpudlian grandfather. He won his first England cap as a replacement against France in 2002 but has only managed to win a handful of caps since then, mostly during the 2004 Six Nations, coming off the bench in Rome and Murrayfield. He was also considered man of the match for England A against France A in March 2004 - with five penalties and a conversion, and all round play of high class.

He has excelled for the England Sevens side and was a member of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games squads, winning a silver medal in 2006. He was also a member of the England A team that won the 2003 Churchill Cup in Canada and returned there again on the 2004 Churchill Cup tour.

On the 27 April 2006, Henry agreed a move back to rugby league, with Harlequins Rugby League.

His brother Robbie Paul plays rugby league for Huddersfield Giants, having played at Bradford Bulls (with Henry) before that. Henry faced Robbie in his first game back in Super League on 29th April 2006.

Henry Paul appeared drunk at the Super League's Man of Steel Award's dinner. Paul had slurred his acceptance speech when he received the club's Frontline Fairplay Index Award, awarded for good behaviour on the field. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Paul has since apologised for his actions. Quins Chairman Ian Lenagan stated that the drama had not jeopardised the player's new 12-month contract. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

• Quins RL profile
• England profile
• Passion for Sport 2001

Harlequins Rugby League - Current squad
1 McLinden • 2 Wells • 3 Sykes • 4 T Smith • 6 Hill • 7 Orr • 8 Temata • 9 Randall • 10 Heckenberg • 12 Hopkins • 13 Purdham • 14 Rinaldi • 15 Mills • 16 Melling • 17 McCarthy-Scarsbrook • 18 Gafa • 19 Clubb • 20 Grayshon • 21 Tootill • 22 Worrincy • 23 Paul • 24 A Smith • 25 Luisi • 26 Walsh • 28 Sheriffe • 29 Mbu • 30 Bannister • Coach Brian McDermott

New Zealand squad - 2000 Rugby League World Cup Finalists - Current squad
Richie Barnett (c) •  Richie Blackmore •  Tonie Carroll •  Nathan Cayless •  Brian Jellick •  Stacey Jones •  Stephen Kearney •  Ali Lauitiiti •  Tasesa Lavea •  Henry Paul •  Robbie Paul •  Quentin Pongia •  Tony Puletua •  Matt Craig •  Richard Swain •  Logan Swann •  Willie Talau •  David Vaealiki •  Joe Vagana •  Nigel Vagana •  Lesley Vainikolo •  Ruben Wiki • coach Frank Endacott

v • d • e 1999 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Finalists
1. Stuart Spruce • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Michael Withers • 5. Leon Pryce • 6. Henry Paul • 7. Robbie Paul(captain) 8. Paul Anderson • 9. James Lowes • 10. Stuart Fielden • 11. David Boyle • 12. Bernard Dwyer • 13. Steve McNamara 14. Paul Deacon • 15. Nathan McAvoy • 16. Mike Forshaw • 17. Brian McDermott Coach. Matthew Elliott

v • d • e 2001 Bradford Bulls Super League Grand Final Winning Team
1. Michael Withers • 2. Tevita Vaikona • 3. Scott Naylor • 4. Graham Mackay • 5. Leon Pryce • 6. Henry Paul • 7. Robbie Paul(captain) 8. Joe Vagana • 9. James Lowes • 10. Brian McDermott • 11. Jamie Peacock • 12. Daniel Gartner • 13. Mike Forshaw 14. Paul Deacon • 15. Paul Anderson • 16. Shane Rigon • 17. Stuart Fielden Coach. Brian Noble