Paul Deacon
Personal information
Full name	Paul Deacon
Born	February 13, 1979 (1979-02-13) (age 30)
	Wigan, England
Height	1.69m
Playing information
Position	Scrum Half
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997–98	Oldham Bears	4	0	0	0	0
1998–09	Bradford Bulls	302	73	1828	39	2371
2010	Wigan Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	306	73	1828	39	2371
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
As of September 27th, 2009
Source: Rugby League Project

Paul Deacon (born 13 February, 1979 in Wigan, England) is a professional rugby league footballer with the Wigan Warriors of Super League. He he played for the Bradford Bulls since since 1998. He usually plays scrum half

[edit] Background

Hailing from Standish in the Wigan borough, a former Hindley amateur, Deacon made his senior professional début 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. He has been one of Bradford Bull's most influential players in the 21st century.

[edit] Bradford Bulls

He signed for the Bulls from Oldham and came through the youth system at the same time as Jamie Peacock and Stuart Fielden.

[edit] 1998

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

[edit] 2002-2003

He 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%.

[edit] New Points Total

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.

[edit] 2007

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

In August 2007 he was named Bradford's team of the Century.

In September 2007 Deacon reached 2,000 goals for the Bradford Bulls.

[edit] 2008

In 2008 Deacon will celebrate his testimonial year with the Bradford Bulls after 10 years of service for the Super League club. As well as a testimonial match against his hometown club Wigan Warriors in January, Paul Deacon's name shall also appear on all away shirts to commemorate his loyalty to the Bulls, on 16 April 2008 Paul signed a new 2 year contract until 2010.

[edit] 2009

in November 2009 Deacon Signed for Wigan Warriors after 11 years at Bradford Bulls

[edit] Great Britain & England

Paul Deacon won caps for England while at Bradford Bulls in 1999 against France (2 matches), in 2000 against Russia, Fiji, Ireland, and New Zealand, in 2001 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Bulls in 2001 against France, and Australia, in 2002 New Zealand (3 matches), in 2003 Australia (2 matches), and Australia (sub), and in 2005 Australia, and New Zealand x 2.^[1]

Deacon made his Great Britain début in 2001 and has made 11 appearances, Deacon Played in 2005 Tri nations.

Deacon played for England in 2000 World cup.

Deacon was recalled for the Great Britain Train on Sqaud for the 2007 test series with New Zealand but pulled out Due to Injury.

He has been forced to rule himself out contention for the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.^[2]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Club career

Year	Club	Apps	Pts	T	G	FG
1998	Bradford Bulls	13	24	4	4	-
1999	Bradford Bulls	28	69	1	32	1
2000	Bradford Bulls	27	85	9	23	3
2001	Bradford Bulls	27	78	6	25	4
2002	Bradford Bulls	28	319	6	147	1
2003	Bradford Bulls	29	313	9	137	3
2004	Bradford Bulls	28	276	7	123	2
2005	Bradford Bulls	31	359	12	153	5
2006	Bradford Bulls	28	264	7	118	-
2007	Bradford Bulls	21	216	5	98	-
2008	Bradford Bulls	12	109	1	52	1

[edit] Representative career

Year	Team	Matches	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
1999	England	2	0	0	0
2000	England	4	0	0	0
2001	England	4	0	0	0
2002	Great Britain	3	0	0	0
2003	Great Britain	3	0	6	0	12
2004	Great Britain	0	0	0	0
2005	Great Britain	3	1	3	0	10

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Paul Deacon Official player page
• 2001 Ashes profile
• Deacon replaces Harris as skipper
• Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Team Of The Century