Paul Deacon

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Paul Deacon
Personal information
Full namePaul Deacon
Born (1979-02-13) 13 February 1979 (age 45)
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight12 st 11 lb (81 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionScrum-half, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1997–98 Oldham Bears 4 0 0 0 0
1998–09 Bradford Bulls 324 76 1124 25 2577
2010–11 Wigan Warriors 49 5 17 0 54
Total 377 81 1141 25 2631
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1999–08 England 4 1 0 0 4
2002–07 Great Britain 10 1 9 0 22
2001–03 Lancashire 4 2 6 0 20
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2020– Sale Sharks 3 0 0 3 0
Source: [2][3][4][5]
As of 28 December 2020

Paul Deacon (born 13 February 1979) is an English rugby union coach who is the head coach of the Sale Sharks in Premiership Rugby, and former a professional rugby league footballer and coach.

A Great Britain and England international representative stand-off or scrum-half, he played in the Super League for Oldham Bears, the Bradford Bulls (who named him in their "Team of the Century", having won the 2001, 2003 and 2005 Super League Grand Finals, the 2003 Challenge Cup, and the 2002 World Club Challenge), and his home-town club, the Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 2010 Super League Grand Final and 2011 Challenge Cup).[2][3]

Deacon followed this with becoming a member of Wigan's coaching staff, working closely with manager Shaun Wane.

  1. ^ "Wigan Warriiors Player Profile Paul Deacon". web page. wiganwarriors.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.