Paul Deacon (born 13 February, 1979 in Wigan, England) is a professional rugby league footballer with the Wigan Warriors of Super League. He played for the Bradford Bulls since 1998. He usually plays scrum half
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
2009
in November 2009 Deacon Signed for Wigan Warriors after 11 years at Bradford Bulls
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]
Statistics
Club career
Representative career
References
External links
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