Paul Sykes 27th Season

[Wakefield Ram]

By playing for Dewsbury v Rochdale yesterday, Paul Sykes became the first player to play 27 seasons of professional rugby league. 

Over 500 appearances and 2700 points. Still playing age 43..

[Welshleaguelover]

Is he related to the infamous boxer/character of the same name?

There's certainly a resemblance.

[BilliejoesBlue]

Paul Sykes for Salford? 

[Griff]

He used to own Meadowhall.

[Damien]

Incredible when I think I'm pretty much the same age and creaking badly after playing for a fraction of that time.

[Phil]

Feeling my age now, I reffed him in the juniors

[Wakefield Ram]

No relation to the boxer

Edited April 28 by Wakefield Ram

[eclecticsheep]

Reminds me of Matt Calland who turned out for Rochdale Mayfield well in his 40s absolutely incredible characters both, Jarrod Sammut cut out of the same flint, But Paul Sykes is the daddy!

[maccbull_bigbullybooaza]

Class act and always has been

[sentoffagain2]

13 hours ago, Wakefield Ram said:

No relation to the boxer

 Paul Sykes (The Boxer)did play Rugby League.I played against him in the early seventies when he turned out for Malt Shovel in the Wakefield Sunday League.Must have been during one of his quiet spells.He said Rugby League is a lot harder than boxing.

[Harry Stottle]

17 hours ago, Damien said:

Incredible when I think I'm pretty much the same age and creaking badly after playing for a fraction of that time.

No disrespect Damien, is that really your age? 

[Damien]

29 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

No disrespect Damien, is that really your age? 

No disrespect seriously?

[EggFace]

Just check this thread and then looked on my Twitter page for Magic Weekend and on the bottom its about Paul Skyes.....Strange But True.

[Gooleboy]

Hats off to him, a consummate professional.

[Derwent]

Pah, these half backs have it easy. Not like Jeff Grayshon who played prop for most of his 26 professional seasons until he was 45 and had broken biscuits for knees by the time he retired. 
 

Seriously though, it’s a great achievement by Paul Sykes and congratulations to him.

[Harry Stottle]

6 hours ago, Damien said:

No disrespect seriously?

I thought with your vast knowledge, you would be older so have more experience, there do you feel better now,?

[Anita Bath]

2 hours ago, Derwent said:

Pah, these half backs have it easy. Not like Jeff Grayshon who played prop for most of his 26 professional seasons until he was 45 and had broken biscuits for knees by the time he retired. 
 

Seriously though, it’s a great achievement by Paul Sykes and congratulations to him.

Assuming they were Foxs biscuits

[Wakefield Ram]

And still got it at 43...scoring a solo try at 1:00

https://youtu.be/YxCRBBYboEY?si=mTXN3jHV82ecbXZJ

[JonM]

Aaron Wood (no relation to Aaron Woods, the ex Kangaroo or Aaron Wood who played for York and Donny) played his last game a couple of weeks ago for Pamiers in France, also in his forties.

He's moved around even more than Paul Sykes though. He played Jersey Flegg with St. George, then three reserve grade Premier League wins with Parramatta (2005-2007, alongside Jarryd Hayne, Henry Perenara), then multiple French league and cup wins with Limoux, Toulouse, Avignon), player-coached at West Wales, played internationally for France.

[dealwithit]

50 minutes ago, JonM said:

Aaron Wood (no relation to Aaron Woods, the ex Kangaroo or Aaron Wood who played for York and Donny) played his last game a couple of weeks ago for Pamiers in France, also in his forties.

He's moved around even more than Paul Sykes though. He played Jersey Flegg with St. George, then three reserve grade Premier League wins with Parramatta (2005-2007, alongside Jarryd Hayne, Henry Perenara), then multiple French league and cup wins with Limoux, Toulouse, Avignon), player-coached at West Wales, played internationally for France.

Didn’t he also return to Australia and captain coach Macksville in group 2?

[JonM]

3 hours ago, dealwithit said:

Didn’t he also return to Australia and captain coach Macksville in group 2?

I didn't know that, but google says you're right, he did

And referring to the original post, what I find impressive is that watching Dewsbury v Widnes last season, as a Widnes fan I was still nervous when he got the ball. He's not quite as fast, not quite as strong, but still a great player.