Paul Sackey
| Full name | Paul Henry Sackey | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 November 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||
| School | The John Fisher School | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||
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| Wasps Academy | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1999–2000 2000–2005 2005–2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013-2014 |
Bedford Blues London Irish London Wasps Toulon Stade Français Harlequins |
20 108 121 20 41 10 |
(45) (190) (215) (30) (35) (10) |
| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–2009 | England | 22 | (55) |
| Sevens national teams | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2001 | England | World Cup | |
Paul Henry Sackey (born 8 November 1979) is a retired English rugby union footballer who played on the wing, most recently for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership.
He is an England international. He has also played for the England Saxons and the England Sevens team.
He is of Ghanaian heritage and attended the Roman Catholic John Fisher School in Purley.
Born on 8 November 1979 in London, Sackey started playing rugby at 17, when he was a pupil at the Roman Catholic John Fisher School in Purley, and started out as a centre or fullback. His pace earned him an immediate call up to the school's 1st XV and he was a member of their Sevens team that won the Rosslyn Park Nationals Sevens tournament two years running.
Sackey was spotted by a Wasps scout, and went on to play for Wasps U19s and U21s. Andy Gomarsall took Sackey on a sevens trip to Lisbon and, realising his potential, arranged his move to Bedford. While at Bedford he was called up to the England under-21 squad that played in the under-21 World Cup in New Zealand, before signing professional forms with London Irish and joining them in August 2000. That year he also played for the England Sevens team in Argentina.
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