Paul Griffen

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Paul Griffen

Personal information

Full name

Paul Richard Griffen

Date of birth

30 March 1975

Place of birth

Dunedin, New Zealand

Height

1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

85 kg (13 st 5 lb)

Club information

Position(s)

Scrum-half

Current club

Rugby Calvisano

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
1993–1994 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000-present	Blaketown Linwood Partenope Calvisano

Representative teams

1993-94
1997
2000–2009

West Coast

Canterbury

Italy

? (?)
1 (0)
42 (13)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Paul Richard Griffen (born 30 March 1975 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who represented Italy at scrum half in 42 full internationals. He has been playing for Calvisano since 2000.^[1]

Club career

Paul Griffen was raised in New Zealand and played his early rugby at Blaketown RFC and at Linwood RFC later representing the West Coast in 2003^[2]and Canterbury in 2007 in the National Provincial Championship. In 1999 he left New Zealand and joined Partenope of Naples, a second tier Italian side where he played for one season. Griffen transferred to Calvisano for the start of the 2000-01 season appearing in the Super 10. He was an integral member of the team that won the Super 10 in 2004-05 & 2007-08 and the Coppa Italia in 2003-04. He has now spent over ten seasons at Calvisano

International career

In 2004 he was selected by coach John Kirwan to represent Italy against England in the 2004 Six Nations Championship.^[3]Griffen had a successful tournament and was voted Italy’s best player alongside Andrea Lo Cicero. He was replaced as first choice scrum-half by Alessandro Troncon for the 2005 Six Nations Championship appearing as a replacement on two occasions. He remained a regular member of the Italy squad until 2007. The highlight of his career was his selection by Italy coach Pierre Berbizier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup where he appeared in three games. He was omitted from the national team for the 2008 Six Nations Championship but was recalled after a sixteen month absence by the new Italy coach Nick Mallett who recalled Griffen for the 2009 Six Nations Championship where he made four appearances.

References

↑ "Recalled rugby star Griffen holds no grudges". Retrieved 2009-02-15.
↑ http://westcoastrfu.com/yearbyyear1993.htm
↑ "Kirwan selects Griffen for debut". 13 February 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-15.

External links

RBS 6 Nations profile
Paul Griffen player profile at rugbycalvisano.it (Italian)
Paul Griffen profile

v t e Italy squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Agüero Ma. Bergamasco Bernabò Bortolami (c) Castrogiovanni Del Fava Dellapè Festuccia Ghiraldini Lo Cicero Ongaro Orlando Parisse Perugini Sole Vosawai Zanni

Backs	Mi. Bergamasco Bortolussi Canale Canavosio de Marigny Galon Griffen Masi Pez Pratichetti Robertson Stanojevic Troncon (vc)

Coach	Berbizier

v t e Rugby Calvisano squad

Forwards	Andreotti Beccaris Bellandi Brancoli Cicchinelli Coletti Costanzo Erasmus Ferraro Gavazzi Gerosa Hehea Lovotti Morelli salvetti Scanferla Scarsini Violi Vunisa Zdrilich

Backs	Appiani Bergamo Berne Canavosio Castello De Jager Frapporti Griffen (c) Marcato Palazzani Picone Susio Vilk Visentin

Coach	Cavinato

Persondata
Name	Paul Griffen
Alternative names
Short description	Italian/New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	30 March 1975
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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