Paul Sironen

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Paul Sironen

Personal information
Full name	Paul Sironen
Born	(1965-05-23) 23 May 1965 (age 59) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Position	Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1985–98 Balmain Tigers 246 22 0 0 88 1999 Villeneuve-sur-Lot Total 246 22 0 0 88 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1989–94 New South Wales 14 0 0 0 0 1986–94 Australia 21 3 0 0 12
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Relatives	Curtis Sironen (son) Bayley Sironen (son)

Paul Sironen (born 23 May 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of Finnish descent^[2] who was a prominent Second-row forward for the Balmain Tigers during the late 1980s, and early 1990s. He was part of the team that played in successive Grand Finals in 1988 and 1989, and included other representative players Steve "Blocker" Roach, Wayne Pearce, Benny Elias and Garry Jack. He made a number of appearances for both New South Wales in State of Origin, and also for Australia, and has been named as part of the Wests Tigers Team of the Century.

Sironen is the father of St Helens second rower Curtis Sironen who made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys in Round 12 of the 2012 NRL season and Bayley Sironen.