46 Facts About Henry Paul

Henry Rangi Paul was born on 10 February 1974 and is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player.

Henry Paul played as a loose forward, stand-off, fullback, and occasionally as a hooker, and as a centre and fly-half in rugby union.

Henry Paul holds the record for kicking the most goals in a Super League season, with 178 for Bradford in 2001, and the record for the most goals in a game, 14, for Bradford in 2000.

Henry Paul is the brother of former New Zealand rugby league international Robbie Hunter-Paul.

That off season, Henry Paul was selected as a utility player for the under-19 Auckland side, playing a major part in his team winning the national tournament.

Henry Paul led by example when his team looked "out of sorts", guiding them to memorable victories against their Great Britain counterparts.

Henry Paul's form was so inspiring that he earned full New Zealand representative honours on the same tour, when the senior team the hit an injury crisis on a corresponding tour of Britain.

Henry Paul returned to New Zealand for the 1994 season, playing five matches for the Waitakere City Raiders in the new Lion Red Cup.

Henry Paul originally signed for the new Auckland Warriors club who were to enter the Australian Rugby League in 1995 but they released him as part of a deal that allowed Andy Platt to join Auckland from Wigan.

Henry Paul played at stand-off half back for Wigan Warriors in their 1998 Super League Grand Final victory against Leeds Rhinos.

Henry Paul played for Bradford Bulls at stand-off half back and scored his team's sole try and goal in the 1999 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St Helens.

Henry Paul scored one of the most famous tries in Super League, running from 60 metres, scoring the first try of the 1999 Super League Grand Final with one boot.

Henry Paul was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament.

Henry Paul helped beat his former club Wigan in the 2001 Super League Grand Final.

Henry Paul won the Lance Todd Trophy for his performance in the 2000 Challenge Cup victory over the Leeds Rhinos.

Henry Paul played for the Bradford Bulls as his brother Robbie's halves partner, kicking four goals and one drop goal in their 2001 Super League Grand Final victory against the Wigan Warriors.

Henry Paul still holds the record for kicking the most goals in a Super League season with 178 for Bradford in 2001.

Henry Paul spoke to National Rugby League club the Canterbury Bulldogs and Super 12 clubs the Auckland Blues and the Waikato Chiefs.

Henry Paul was eventually tempted away from the Bradford Bulls to play rugby union for Gloucester, by Philippe Saint-Andre and Tom Walkinshaw.

Henry Paul had a dream debut for Gloucester, scoring 28 points against Caerphilly.

Henry Paul began a four-year contract at Kingsholm in 2001 and won an England A national squad selection after just one game for the Cherry and Whites.

Henry Paul was linked with a return his former club the Bradford Bulls, the Widnes Vikings and a move to NRL club the Canberra Raiders and a reunion with former coach at Bradford Matthew Elliott.

Henry Paul had his best year with Gloucester Rugby in 2004 when he won the club's season ticket holders' Player of the Year award and was nominated for the Zurich Premiership Player of the Year award alongside Bruce Reihana, Mark Robinson, Simon Shaw and Mark van Gisbergen.

Henry Paul won his first England cap as a replacement against France in the 2002 Six Nations Championship, but only managed to win a handful of caps thereafter, mostly during the 2004 Six Nations Championship, coming off the bench in Rome and at Murrayfield.

Henry Paul excelled for the England Sevens side and was a member of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games squads, winning a silver medal in 2006.

Henry Paul was the acting captain of England Sevens when it won the USA Sevens tournament in 2006 and was part of the only Rugby 7s squad to win the Hong Kong 7s with him being awarded player of the tournament.

Henry Paul was a member of the England A team that won the 2003 Churchill Cup in Canada and returned there again on the 2004 Churchill Cup tour.

On 27 April 2006, Henry Paul agreed a move back to rugby league joining Harlequins RL.

Henry Paul faced Robbie in his first game back in 2006's Super League XI on 29 April 2006.

In 2007 Henry Paul appeared drunk at the European Super League's Man of Steel Award's dinner.

In 2008, Henry Paul was linked with a return to rugby union with Leeds Carnegie.

Henry Paul played at centre and fly-half for the two years at Carnegie.

Henry Paul stayed with the side for one more year in the premiership before leaving the team to take up a coaching role as assistant coach for Russia's national 15's team.

In 2010, Henry Paul signed for RFU Championship side the Rotherham Titans.

Henry Paul did not stay long at the club due to work commitments with Russia putting him out of the country for most of the year.

Henry Paul was released from Leeds in 2010 to embark on his coaching career as he signed up as the assistant coach of Russia.

Henry Paul started his role coaching Russia at the 2010 Churchill Cup in the United States.

Henry Paul took the side to the 2011 Rugby World Cup with Kingsley Jones as head coach.

Henry Paul then took a role as Rugby Programmes Manager for Queen Ethelburga's School in York for two years.

Henry Paul continued his national coaching experience during this time however, coaching India's Men and Women's 15s and 7s teams for various tournaments during this time.

Henry Paul left Queen Ethelburga's to move to be with his wife in Dubai, United Arab Emirates taking up the role of Head Coach of the Jebel Ali Dragons in July 2016 and being appointed Director of Rugby of the club in 2017.

The club obtained their greatest success in years in the first year of Henry Paul's coaching, with them making both the West Asia Premiership final and the UAE Premiership Final.

Henry Paul was asked to assist the Canadian rugby team in February 2018 during the America's Rugby Championship and his performance secured him a permanent role as assistant coach of Canada Rugby alongside head coach Kingsley Jones in May 2018.

Henry Paul was the 15s assistant coach for over a year helping Canada qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

Henry Paul was then asked to act as interim Canada Rugby Sevens coach following the departure of coach Damian McGrath in May 2019, coaching the team for a month before taking them to the London and Paris Sevens.

Henry Paul then took the team to the Cayman Islands where they qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan in an undefeated tournament.