Paul Sironen
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Paul Sironen (born 23 May 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of Finnish descent[2] who was a prominent Second-row forward for the Balmain Tigers during the late 1980s, and early 1990s. He was part of the team that played in successive Grand Finals in 1988 and 1989, and included other representative players Steve "Blocker" Roach, Wayne Pearce, Benny Elias and Garry Jack. He made a number of appearances for both New South Wales in State of Origin, and also for Australia, and has been named as part of the Wests Tigers Team of the Century.
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Full name | Paul Sironen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1965-05-23) 23 May 1965 (age 58) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sironen is the father of St Helens second rower Curtis Sironen who made his NRL debut for the Tigers against the North Queensland Cowboys in Round 12 of the 2012 NRL season and Bayley Sironen.