Paul Aiton (born 29 May 1985 in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who plays for the Cronulla Sharks and previously for the Penrith Panthers in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL) competition. He primarily plays at hooker.

With his family, Aiton relocated to Caboolture, Queensland in the early 1990s. He played his junior football with the Caboolture Snakes before signing with Wests Panthers in Brisbane. His stint at the Penrith Panthers' feeder club led to a contract with the NRL club in 2003 and he finally made his NRL debut in 2006. In 2004, Aiton was selected to play for Papua New Guinea against Australia.^[1]

Aiton was signed with the Penrith Panthers until the end of the 2009 season.

Paul has signed a two year contract with the Cronulla Sharks for the 2010 and 2011 season.

Aiton has been named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[2]

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[edit] External links

• Paul Aiton at NRL.com
• Paul Aiton at the Rugby League Project

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