Paul Simonsson

Paul Simonsson

Full 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 league career
Position	Wing
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1991–92	North Sydney	3	(0)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	890
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1986, 1988–89 1987 1996	Waikato Wellington New South Wales	29 4
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1987 1988–89	New Zealand New Zealand Māori	0	(0)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
1996	Australia		1

Paul Lennart James Simonsson (born 16 February 1967) is a former New Zealand 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.