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Paul Sculthorpe

	2008	Career
App	12	255
Sub	1	5
T	2	113
G	4	392
DG		10
Pts	16	1246

DOB	22nd Sep 1977
Height	191cm
Weight	101kg

Paul joined Saints from Warrington Wolves in 1997 as a 20 year-old in a £370,000 record deal for a forward and has gone on to far exceed even those elevated expectations.

He fulfilled his early potential, being named as Man of Steel in 2001 and 2002, becoming the first player to retain the award.

He was Saints’ sole representative in the 2002 Super League Dream Team, a feat he repeated in 2004.

In 2004, his first season as captain, he lifted the Challenge Cup after Saints’ 32-16 win over Wigan Warriors at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

He also joined a select band of players to have scored 100 tries and 100 goals in Super League, and in 2005 scored his 1000th point for Saints.

Paul has been one of Great Britain’s leading performers in recent years, and it was no surprise when he was named as captain in 2005, although injury prevented him from leading the side in the Gillette Tri-Nations tournaments in 2005 and 2006.

Last season was blighted by injury but Paul has worked and trained intensively to get himself ready for 2008.