Paul Broadbent

Paul Broadbent
Personal information
Full name	Paul Broadbent
Born	24 May 1968 (age 55); England
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Representative
Coaching information
Club
Representative
	Source:
Relatives	Blake Broadbent (son)

Last updated May 22, 2024

Paul Broadbent (born 24 May 1968), also known by the nickname "Beans", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and has coached in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.^[2] He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Sheffield Eagles, Halifax (Heritage № 1115), Hull FC (Heritage № 973), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1181) (captain), and York City Knights, as a prop, and coached at club level for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (First Team Coach).^[1]

Paul Broadbent won caps for England while at Sheffield Eagles in 1995 against France, in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup against Fiji, and South Africa (sub), in 1996 against France, and Wales.^[3] He also won caps for Great Britain while at Sheffield Eagles in 1996 against Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and New Zealand (3 matches).^[4]

Paul Broadbent's Testimonial match at Sheffield Eagles took place in 1997.

In the 1997 post season, Broadbent was selected to play for Great Britain at prop forward in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Australia.

Broadbent played left-prop in Sheffield Eagles' 17-8 victory over Wigan Warriors in the 1998 Challenge Cup Final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.

He has previously coached Italy in their European Championship B matches 2012-15.^[5] Cameron Ciraldo will take over for the World Cup Qualifying matches.

Paul Broadbent is the father of the rugby league footballer for the Sheffield Eagles; Blake Broadbent.^[6]^[7]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Carlo Napolitano 2011	Coach Italy 2012-2014	Succeeded by Trent Barrett 2014-2016
Preceded by Leo Epifania 2001-2002	Coach York City Knights 2003	Succeeded by Richard Agar 2004

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References

1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
1 2 "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
1 2 "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
1 2 "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
↑ "RLEF". Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
↑ "Blake Broadbent Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
↑ "Blake Broadbent Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

External links

(archived by web.archive.org) Profile at wakefieldwildcats.co.uk
(archived by web.archive.org) Stats → PastPlayers → B at hullfc.com
(archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at hullfc.com

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