Paul Deacon

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Full name Paul Deacon
Date of birth 13/02/1979
Place of birth Oldham, England
Height 5ft 7
Nickname "Deacs"

The Baby Faced Assassin/ Thick Thighs
Position Scrum Half
Professional clubs*
1998 - Bradford Bulls 240
National team
2001-
1999-		 Great Britain
England		 11
6

* Professional club appearances and (tries)
counted for the domestic league only.

Paul Deacon (born February 13, 1979) is an English rugby league player. He has been the captain of Bradford Bulls since January 2007. His position of choice is at scrum half for the Super League side.

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Hailing from Standish within the borough of Wigan, Deacon came through the youth system at Bradford at the same time as Jamie Peacock and Stuart Fielden. He signed for the Bulls from Oldham and has since gone on to be one of Bradford's key players. He is a superb organiser and has a tremendous kicking game. In the seasons of 2002 and 2003 his goal kicking percentage was near 80%.

A former Hindley amateur, Deacon made his senior professional debut four days before his 18th birthday as a substitute for Oldham Bears in a 48-6 RL Challenge Cup fourth round home defeat of Rochdale Hornets on 9 February 1997. He made only four appearances for Oldham before moving to Bradford.

Deacon scored a try and goal on his debut for the Bulls at scrum half in a 36-10 Super League home defeat of Huddersfield Giants on 28 June 1998.

Paul Deacon broke the (1,834) record points scored for a Bulls Player on the 23rd June 2006, which was previously held by Keith Mumby.

In 2007 Paul became the Bradford Bulls captain taking over from Iestyn Harris.

Great Britain team shirt
Great Britain team shirt

Deacon made his Great Britain Debut in 2001 and has made 11 appearances, Deacon Played in last seasons Tri nations, where he made an awesome impact, before he injured his face from a tackle with Nigel Vagana

Years Games Tries Goals F/G Points
1998 13 4 4 0 24
1999 30 2 48 1 105
2000 27 9 23 3 85
2001 31 6 29 4 86
2002 30 6 155 2 336
2003 34 10 173 3 389
2004 29 8 124 2 282
2005 33 12 168 5 389
2006 22 4 89 1 198
2007 1 - 3 - 6

Team Matches Years
Bradford Bulls 240 1998 -

As of 19/8/2006

Bradford Bulls - Current Squad

1 Marcus St Hilaire | 2 Nathan McAvoy | 3 Ben Harris | 4 Shontayne Hape | 5 Lesley Vainikolo | 6 Iestyn Harris | 7 Paul Deacon | 8 Joe Vagana | 9 Terry Newton | 10 Andy Lynch | 11 Chris McKenna | 12 Glenn Morrison | 13 Jamie Langley | 14 Chris Feather | 15 Matt Cook | 16 Ian Henderson | 17 James Evans | 18 Sam Burgess | 19 Michael Platt | 22 Craig Kopczak | 23 Matt James | 24 Dave Halley | 25 Jason Crookes | 26 David Solomona


Great Britain Tri Nations Squad - Current Squad

1 Malcolm Alker  | 2 Rob Burrow | 3 Brian Carney | 4 Gareth Carvell | 5 Mark Calderwood | 6 Paul Cooke | 7 Keiron Cunningham  | 8 Paul Deacon | 9 Gareth Ellis | 10 Stuart Fielden  | 11 Ade Gardner  | 12 Lee Gilmour  | 13 Martin Gleeson  | 14 James Graham  | 15 Chris Thorman  | 16 Michael Higham  | 17 Gareth Hock  | 18 David Hodgson  | 19 Richard Horne  | 20 Paul Johnson  | 21 Paul King  | 22 Jamie Langley | 23 Sean Long  | 24 Andy Lynch  | 25 Danny McGuire | 26 Adrian Morley | 27 Terry Newton  | 28 Sean O’Loughlin  | 29 Jamie Peacock  | 30 Leon Pryce  | 31 Karl Pryce | 32 Gareth Raynor | 33 Stuart Reardon  | 34 James Roby  | 35 Paul Sculthorpe | 36 Keith Senior  | 37 Kevin Sinfield | 38 Paul Wellens  | 39 Stephen Wild  | 40 Jon Wilkin  | 41 Paul Wood  | 42 Kirk Yeaman
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