PAUL built a reputation as a fierce loosehead prop at Slough RFC before joining Wasps in 1976. He was selected to tour with England in 1984 to South Africa where he was chosen for the first time as the Judge for the players’ court. Judge was so good at delivering the humour and punishments, beer drinking, new nicknames etc. that help in the team building which is required for teams on tour that he was retained as Judge for all future sessions. He also took that position for Wasps on our pre-season tours to France where he enthralled not only us but the French, often having the local band parading in the streets ahead of his court sessions.
He became a regular in the England team, winning 28 caps and playing in five successive Five Nations championships and two World Cups – 1987 and 1991 – along with many tours and courts.