Paul Clough

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Paul Clough
Personal information


Nickname	Cloughy
Born	(1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 St Helens, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	15 st 10 lb (100 kg) ^[1]
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–Present	St Helens	125	20	0	0	80

Paul Clough is an English rugby league footballer who plays for St Helens. He is the brother of former Salford and Halifax hooker John Clough.

In November 2006 Paul Clough was promoted to train full-time with the Saints' first team squad. He had also been training with the squad in the 2005 season, but his performances have seen him included in Saints elite 25 man squad for the upcoming season.

He is expected to compete for a regular first team spot over the next few years and was given the number 22 jersey for the 2007 season.

Clough is a powerful second rower, a driving force in the tackle, and a player who is already physically imposing, especially considering his age.

Paul Clough will offer Mick Potter a young local British feeling to the Saints pack. This is another example of Saints continuing investment in local talent.

19 year-old Paul Clough was promoted from the Academy set-up to the first-team squad for the 2006 season and was officially announced as a squad member for 2007's Super League XII.

Paul Clough is perhaps a victim of St Helens success with their Treble winning season in 2006. Clough is also the victim of having to try and break into a team that already has four internationals in the back row with Chris Flannery, Jon Wilkin, Lee Gilmour and new signing Tony Puletua although he and Puletua may feature more predominately in the front row this season.

Paul’s performances for the Saints Academy have shown great potential and he has represented and captained England throughout his junior career.

The backrower made his Super League debut in July 2005 against Hull.

He played in the 2008 Super League Grand Final defeat to the Leeds.^[2]

He was awarded the number 17 jersey for 2009's Super League XIV season.

References

↑ "Meet the Teams First Team Players". web page. Saints RFC. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
↑ "2008 Grand Final". BBC. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.

External links

Paul Clough Player Profile

v t e St. Helens – current squad

1 Lomax 2 Makinson 3 Turner 4 Jones 5 Swift 6 Hohaia 7 Walsh 8 Masoe 9 Roby 10 McCarthy-Scarsbrook 11 Soliola 12 Wilkin 13 Manu 14 Laffranchi 15 Flanagan 16 Amor 17 Wheeler 18 Magennis 19 Wellens 20 Beaumont 21 Gardner 22 Percival 23 Greenwood 25 Walker 26 Dawson 27 Richards 28 Thompson 29 Hand 30 Forster 31 Tilley 32 Charnock 33 Sevelio 34 Dwyer Coach: Brown

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 2007 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Ade Gardner 3 Matthew Gidley 4 Willie Talau 5 Francis Meli 6 Leon Pryce 7 Sean Long 8 Nick Fozzard 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 Jason Cayless 11 Lee Gilmour 12 Mike Bennett 13 Jon Wilkin 14 James Roby 15 James Graham 16 Paul Clough 17 Maurie Fa'asavalu Coach: Daniel Anderson

v t e St Helens RLFC squad – 2008 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Paul Wellens 2 Ade Gardner 3 Matthew Gidley 4 Willie Talau 5 Francis Meli 6 Leon Pryce 7 Sean Long 8 Bryn Hargreaves 9 Keiron Cunningham 10 James Graham 11 Chris Flannery 12 Jon Wilkin 13 Paul Sculthorpe 14 James Roby 15 Lee Gilmour 16 Paul Clough 17 Maurie Fa'asavalu Coach: Daniel Anderson

Persondata
Name	Clough, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby league player
Date of birth	27 September 1987
Place of birth	St Helens, England
Date of death
Place of death

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