Paul Simonsson

Paul Simonsson

Birth name	Paul Lennart James Simonsson
Date of birth	(1967-02-16) 16 February 1967
Place of birth	Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
School	Tauranga Boys' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1986, 1988–89 Waikato 29 () 1987 Wellington 4 () 1996 New South Wales () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1987 New Zealand 0 (0) 1988–89 New Zealand Māori National sevens team Years Team Comps 1996 Australia 1

Paul Lennart James Simonsson (born 16 February 1967) is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league player. A wing, Simonsson represented Waikato and Wellington in rugby union at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1987 tour of Japan. He played two matches for the All Blacks, scoring seven tries, but did not play any test matches.

Simonsson switched codes to rugby league in 1990, but his career was curtailed by injury. He played only three NSWRL matches, two from the bench, for North Sydney Bears in 1991 and 1992. He subsequently returned to rugby union in 1995, and played for New South Wales and the Australian Sevens team in 1996 before injury forced his retirement.

Simonsson worked as a police detective in New South Wales, having first joined the New Zealand Police in 1987. He was later a tax investigator for the Australian Taxation Office and worked at the Australian Department of Climate Change. He is currently the head of intelligence at the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.