Paul Gallen

Paul Gallen

Gallen in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Paul Mark Gallen
Born	(1981-08-14) 14 August 1981 (age 43) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Playing information
Position	Lock, Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001–19 Cronulla Sharks 348 63 48 1 321 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2006 NSW City 2 0 1 0 2 2006–16 New South Wales 24 1 1 0 6 2006–07 Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0 2008–16 Australia 32 3 0 0 12 2011–12 NRL All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2] As of 31 May 2021
Boxing career
Statistics
Weight(s)	Heavyweight
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Reach	180 cm (71 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[3]
Total fights	18
Wins	15
Wins by KO	8
Losses	2
Draws	1

Paul Gallen (born 14 August 1981) is an Australian retired professional boxer and former professional rugby league footballer who played as a lock, prop and second-row forward and captained the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL to their maiden NRL Premiership in 2016.

He is a former captain and representative of the New South Wales State of Origin team. He has also been the vice captain of Australia and played his whole NRL career with the Sharks, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Premiership. He was the NRL's oldest player playing in 2018. He shares the Australian first grade record for most seasons played in the NRL with Cameron Smith at 19 seasons.^[4]