Paul Sterling

Paul Sterling (born 2 August 1964) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England and Wales, and at club level for Hull FC, Leeds Rhinos and the Hunslet Hawks as a wing.[1]

For the British lawyer and judge, see Paul Ivy Sterling.

Paul Sterling
Personal information
Born (1964-08-02) 2 August 1964
Wolverhampton, England
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–95 Hull F.C.
1996 Hunslet Hawks 12 13 0 0 52
1997–2000 Leeds Rhinos 101 55 0 0 220
Total 113 68 0 0 272
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 Emerging England 1 0 0 0 0
1999 England 1 1 0 0 4
2000 Wales 4 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2]

Background

Sterling was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.

Career

Sterling started his rugby league career in 1993, joining Hull F.C. from rugby union club Bradford & Bingley. After spending the 1996 season on loan at Hunslet Hawks, he joined Leeds Rhinos. Sterling was the top try scorer for Leeds Rhinos during 1997's Super Leagu II.

Sterling won a cap for England while at Leeds in 1999 against France,[2] and won caps for Wales in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Cook Islands, Lebanon, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, at 36 years of age, he was the oldest player in the tournament.[3]

In September 2000, Sterling took Leeds to an employment tribunal, claiming that he had been discriminated against by head coach Dean Lance earlier in the year. In December 2000, Leeds were ordered to pay Sterling £16,000 as compensation and to offer him a new one-year contract.[4] Leeds intended to appeal against this ruling,[5] but in April 2001, Sterling announced his retirement, stating that he had lost the desire to play the sport due to the incident.[6]

gollark: To ensure our ancestors' traditions are respected, we will randomly dig them up and drag them to voting booths.
gollark: - If a foreign country's relations with our own are poor, it should be removed from all maps and not acknowledged by government policy.
gollark: - I think markets are a reasonably good resource allocation system, and to ensure liquidity would support requiring any property someone owns whatsoever to be put up for auction if someone requests it.
gollark: - I believe our country should construct its own god to reduce reliance on foreign imports, and maintain a stock of reality anchors to remove other gods if necessary.
gollark: - I think that consumption, possession, distribution and production of all drugs should be legal everywhere for everyone at all times.- I support an improved tax system, where everyone in the country is directly billed `country's yearly operating expenses / population` each year, to increase fairness.

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "2000 Rugby League World Cup Squads at sportinglife.com". sportinglife.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. Wilson, Andy (16 December 2000). "Leeds pay Sterling £16,000 for 'unconscious' race discrimination". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. "Leeds hit by Sterling shock". BBC Sport. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. "Sterling quits in disgust". BBC Sport. 12 April 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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