Paul Cullen
Paul Cullen
Paul Cullenwas Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal. His Ultramontanism spearheaded the Romanisation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and ushered in the devotional revolution experienced in Ireland through the second half of the 19th century and much of the 20th century. A trained biblical theologian and scholar of ancient languages, Cullen crafted of the formula for papal infallibility at the First Vatican Council...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth29 April 1803
CountryIreland
That's got to be our target. The big challenge is top six. There are a number of big names who weren't in it last year who have spent an awful lot of money and recruited very well to get themselves back to the standard that we set last year. I know it's an old cliche but it will be far tougher in 2006 than it was in 2005.
Paul made a massive contribution and gives us an extra dimension.
It's been 31 years, since 1974, we last won a major (trophy and) Andrew Johns and Natty (Nathan Wood), our two oldest players were born in 1974 so it's a little bit spooky,
That desire to win the game was not there,
Nathan's guts and fighting qualities were our saving grace.
Contractually he is secure and he won't lose out financially in this situation,
There is a common trait in teams at this point in the season that they seem to sit back and wait for somebody to win the game for them. And we had too many of our players waiting for someone to win the game.
We're now up there punching with the big boys and will enjoy the rarefied atmosphere. We didn't crack after Leeds' early try and took the game off them.
To extend the deals of these two influential squad members is a huge boost for the club.