Paul Sculthorpe
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 12 lb (101 kg)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Loose forward, Stand-off, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Sculthorpe
Early years
Sculthorpe was born on 22 September 1977 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. He grew up in Oldham, and was educated at Thorp County Primary School, Royton until the age of 10, completing his primary education at Watersheddings Primary School and then Counthill School. He played junior rugby league initially for Royton Tigers,[5] then Oldham Juniors, Mayfield and Waterhead.[6][7] He moved to Ince Rosebridge after a disagreement with his teammates regarding a Southern Hemisphere tour. He played for the Wigan club for two years leading up to his contract with Warrington. He started his professional career with Warrington, making his debut in 1995.[8]
In 1996, he was named in the inaugural Super League Dream Team, and in the post season he went on the 1996 Great Britain Lions tour of Oceania.[9]
Sculthorpe moved to St Helens in 1997 for £375,000,[10] at the time a record transfer fee for a forward (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £516,500 in 2013).[11]
In the 1997 post season, Sculthorpe was selected to play for Great Britain at loose forward in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Australia.
St Helens
Sculthorpe played for St Helens as a
Sculthorpe was named as
Sculthorpe was named St Helens captain in 2004, and led the team to victory over Wigan in the 2004 Challenge Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. That year he also joined a select band of players to have scored 100 tries and 100 goals in Super League. In the end of season 2004 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament, in the final against Australia he played at loose forward in the Lions' 44–4 loss.[12]
In 2005 Sculthorpe scored his 1,000th point for Saints.[
As one of the stars of the world game, Sculthorpe secured a lucrative sponsorship deal as the face of
Sculthorpe's final game for St Helens was in the
He was awarded the honour of
References
- ^ a b "No. 60367" (PDF). The London Gazette. 29 December 2012. p. 22.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Paul Sculthorpe". RUGBY LEAGUE BASE. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Paul Sculthorpe - What does Paul mean for rugby league?". paulsculthorpe.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Club Of The Week | Waterhead Warriors". The Rugby Football League. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Wilson, Andy (1 March 2006). "Saints seethe at double whammy". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (30 August 1996). "Bell's scouting trip off". The Independent. London, England: independent.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Shea, Julian (22 June 2006). "Offiah hails arrival of Fielden". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Great Britain 4-44 Australia". 27 November 2004.
- ^ "St Helens to let Sculthorpe leave". BBC Sport. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
- ^ "Saints legend Sculthorpe retires". BBC Sport. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.